Lindsaeaceae

Lindsaea Dryand. ex Sm.

Photo: JE. Burrows
South Africa

 

Description of the genus

Terrestrial or lithophytic ferns. Rhizome creeping; rhizome-scales brown, ovate-lanceolate, grading into hairs. Stipe not articulated. Fronds tufted or spaced, herbaceous, glabrous, pinnate; pinnae symmetrical or midrib forming the lower margin for some distance; veins free or less often, anastomosing. Sori marginal or submarginal, linear or oblong. Indusium opening outwards towards the margin.

 

Derivation of name:  Lindsaea: named after John Lindsay, a Jamaican botanist

Worldwide: c. 150 species, palaeotropical.

 

Key to the species of Lindsaea: PDF

 

We have 3 taxa in the database for Lindsaea.

  • Lindsaea ensifolia Sw.
  • Lindsaea madagascariensis Baker
  • Lindsaea odorata Roxb.
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    Literature

  • Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature.
  • 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: 1-222.
  • Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta.Flora Zambesiaca, 0: 1-254.

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