Asplenium dregeanum Kunze

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Mt. Gorongosa, forest Canda side

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Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Asplenium brachypteron Kunze Asplenium dregeanum Kunze var. brachypterum (Kunze ex Houlston & T.Moore) Bonap. Asplenium dregeanum Kunze var. gracile Bonap. Asplenium gracile Peter Asplenium gueinzianum Mett. ex Kuhn
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Status:	Native
Description:	Rhizome erect, c. 3 mm thick; scales brown, 1-5 mm long, margins entire. Fronds tufted, proliferous near the apex, the apical segment above the proliferating bud has less than 5 lobes. Stipe up to 17 cm, greyish-brown, sometimes narrowly winged, subglabrous. Lamina 16-39 cm × 3.5-6 cm, 2-pinnate to 3-pinnatifid, narrowly lanceolate to oblong in outline. Pinnae up to 35 × 11 mm, acroscopically developed, glabrous to subglabrous, lobes narrowly oblong-obtuse. Pinnae with 1-3 basiscopic pinnae lobes; the first arising between the 2nd-4th acroscopic lobes. Sori up to 2 mm, elliptic, one centrally located per lobe, indusium entire.
Notes:	Confused with similar species; A. dregeanum has finer divided fronds with the the first basal lobe arising between the 2nd and 4th acroscopic lobes.
Derivation of specific name:	dregeanum: named after J.F. Drège (1794-1881), a German horticulturist and plant collector in southern Africa.
Habitat:	In areas with deep shade and abundant moisture in evergreen forests. Epiphyte or lithophyte.
Altitude range:	100 - 2300 m
Worldwide distribution:	Africa and Madagascan region.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Epiphyte, lithophyte.
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Content last updated:	Saturday 15 October 2011
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 236. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 94. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 25. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 628 - 629. (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. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 26. Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 156. Fisher, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Pages 14 - 16. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 372 - 373. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 98. 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 Pages 163 - 164. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 83 - 84. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 184. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 71. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78.

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