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Anemia simii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path on slopes above Nharizengere Falls, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path on slopes above Nharizengere Falls, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path on slopes above Nharizengere Falls, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path on slopes above Nharizengere Falls, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Anemia anthriscifolia sensu Sim |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome horizontal to suberect, covered with red-brown hairs (up to 7 mm long). Fronds tufted, erect, hemidimorphic. Stipe of fertile fronds up to 23 cm, stipe of sterile fronds up to 10 cm. Stipe with hair-like scales when young, subglabrous when older. Sterile lamina up to 14 × 11 cm, ovate to triangular in outline, bipinnate to tripinnatifid with spreading pinnae; ultimate segments rounded, oblong, minutely crenate, thinly hairy on both surfaces. Fertile pinnae tripinnatifid, ultimate segments reduced, glabrous to sparsely hairy, petiolules up to 8 cm. Sporangia in two rows. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | simii: named after T.R.Sim (1858-1938), author of " The ferns of South Africa " (1892) |
| Habitat: | Rocky habitats and undergrowth of seasonally dry miombo woodland. Terrestrial or lithophyte. |
| Altitude range: | 300 - 1550 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | Lithophyte, terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 2 July 2015 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 59 - 60. (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 196 - 197. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 9. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 175 - 176. (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. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 52. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 52. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 54. (Includes a picture). Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. & Diniz, M.A. (1979). Pteridophyta Flora de Mocambique Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar; Centro de Botanica Page 47. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78. |
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