Asplenium normale D. Don

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Mt. Gorongosa, forest Canda side

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Synonyms:	Asplenium multijugum Wall. ex Mett. Asplenium normale D.Don var. grandidentatum Bonap. Asplenium opacum Kunze Asplenium rectangulare Bonap.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Rhizome ± 5 mm diameter, erect; rhizome scales dark brown, up to 2.5 mm long, lanceolate, apex gradually tapering to a point, with a narrow ferrugineous margin. Fronds tufted, erect or arching, sometimes proliferous near the apex, firmly membranous. Stipe glossy dark brown, 2–16 cm long, without grooves, glabrous. Lamina linear in outline, up to 50 × 3.3 cm, 1-pinnate, hardly decrescent below. Pinnae 18–49 pairs, up to 1.7 × 0.8 cm, with a short petiole, mostly oblong in outline, the midrib slightly forms the basiscopic margin, apex rounded, shallowly auriculate, acroscopically becoming increasingly deflexed and unequally triangular towards the base, shallowly crenate on the acroscopic and outer margins, glabrous on both surfaces. Rhachis glossy dark brown, grooved ventrally. Sori up to 3 mm long, 2–7 per pinna, oblong; indusium linear, membranous, entire.
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Habitat:	Deeply shaded, moist evergreen forests.
Altitude range:	1700 - 2000 m
Worldwide distribution:	Kenia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda. Also in Asia.
Mozambique distribution:	Z
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
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Content last updated:	Sunday 17 November 2013
Literature:	Beentje, H.J. (2008). Aspleniaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 17. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 92. 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. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 72. (Includes a picture). Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 158. Fisher, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Page 34. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 168. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 92. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 175.

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