Pteridophyta: Polypodiales

Lomariopsidaceae

Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.

Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca

Description of the family

Terrestrial, epiphytic or lithophytic plants. Rhizome short and suberect, or creeping and branched with non-peltate scales. Stipe articulated or not. Fronds dimorphic; lamina simple or pinnate, often with proliferating buds along the rhachis; veins free or anastomosing; stipe and rhachis adaxially with a longitudinal groove or convex and then with lateral ridges. Indumentum composed of scales or often with glandular hairs occurring on the rhizome, axes and lamina surfaces short, uniseriate hairs. The abaxial surface of the fertile fronds covered with sporangia.

Comment: Recent literature places the genera Elaphoglossum and Bolbitis either in the family of the Elaphoglossaceae (Crouch et al. 2011) or in the family of the Dryopteridaceae (Roux 2009). However since there are still uncertainties we have, for now, chosen to leave the genera within the Lomariopsidaceae.

Worldwide: c. 500 species (Source: Roux 2001); pantropical distribution.

Mozambique: 3 genera and 11 taxa.

Lomariopsis warneckei

Links to genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Bolbitis SchottDescription, Image
Elaphoglossum Schott ex J. Sm.Description, Image
Lomariopsis FéeDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Lomariopsidaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Lomariopsidaceae
Flora of Malawi: Lomariopsidaceae
Flora of Zambia: Lomariopsidaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lomariopsidaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lomariopsidaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lomariopsidaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lomariopsidaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lomariopsidaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lomariopsidaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lomariopsidaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Lomariopsidaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lomariopsidaceae
Wikipedia: Lomariopsidaceae
Plants of the World Online: Lomariopsidaceae
Tropicos: Lomariopsidaceae



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Lomariopsidaceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=124, retrieved 19 March 2024

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