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Asplenium ceii
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Chirinda Forest
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John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford
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Path to spice garden, Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley
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Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post
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Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post
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| Synonyms: |
Asplenium atroviride Schelpe |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome erect; scales greyish-brown, lanceolate, subentire, up to 10 mm long. Fronds tufted, not proliferous. Stipe subglabrous, up to 50 cm × 0.3 cm. Lamina up to 25 cm × 17 cm, dark green, pinnate, oblong in outline, 3-6 pairs of pinnae plus a terminal pinna similar to the other pinnae. Pinnae hairless, lanceolate-oblong; margins shallowly toothed, base unequally cuneate. Rhachis subglabrous with scatered fimbriate scales when young. Sori linear, set along the veins at 50 degrees to the costa, indusium entire. |
| Notes: | Differs from similar species by not proliferous fronds and having only 3-6 pairs pinnae. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Deep shade on forest floor away from water in moist evergreen forest. Terrestrial, epiphyte or lithophyte. |
| Altitude range: | 350 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 27 September 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 218. As Asplenium atroviride (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 336 - 337. As Asplenium atroviride (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 5. As Asplenium atroviride Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 162. As Asplenium atroviride Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 81. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Pages 173 - 174. As Asplenium atroviride |
Other sources of information about Asplenium ceii:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Asplenium ceii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Asplenium ceii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Asplenium ceii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Asplenium ceii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Asplenium ceii
JSTOR Plant Science: Asplenium ceii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Asplenium ceii
Tropicos: Asplenium ceii
West African Plants database: Asplenium ceii
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