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Asplenium protensum
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| Synonyms: |
Asplenium protensum Schrad. var. pseudohorridum Hieron. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome up to 5 mm diameter, erect; scales brown with pale margings, narrowly ovate-triangular, up to 2 mm long. Fronds tufted, arching, herbaceous, proliferous towards the apex. Stipe up to 18 cm; stipe and rhachis are thinly pubescent and covered with few ovate brown scales. Lamina up to 95 cm × 12 cm, narrowly lanceolate in outline, 2-pinnatifid. Pinnae incised 2/3 of the way to the midrib, acroscopic basal lobe well developed, lanceolate, thinly pubescent above and below. Sori up to 5 mm long, linear, set at about 15 degrees to the midrib, indusium entire. |
| Notes: | Differs from similar species by having proliferous fronds. |
| Derivation of specific name: | protensum: extended, referring to the long, narrow fronds. |
| Habitat: | Mostly on mossy boulders along deeply shaded streambanks in evergreen forest. Lithophyte. |
| Altitude range: | 1000 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Bioko, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Soa Tomé, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascan region |
| Mozambique distribution: | 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: | Saturday 12 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 232. (Includes a picture). Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 620 - 621. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 354 - 355. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 101 - 102. 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. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 169. (Includes a picture). Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 94 - 95. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Page 179. |
Other sources of information about Asplenium protensum:
African Plant Database: Asplenium protensumBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Asplenium protensum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Asplenium protensum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Asplenium protensum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Asplenium protensum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Asplenium protensum
JSTOR Plant Science: Asplenium protensum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Asplenium protensum
Tropicos: Asplenium protensum
West African Plants database: Asplenium protensum
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