Antrophyum boryanum (Willd.) Spreng. var. obtusum (Willd.) C.Chr.
Synonyms |
Antrophyum obtusum (Willd.) Spreng. |
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Description |
Rhizome short; rhizome scales narrowly lanceolate in outline, prolonged into a long flagellum, formed of large cells with thick black walls. Fronds tufted. Lamina oblanceolate in outline, 11–25 × 2–7 cm, apex rounded, base long-decurrent, sessile or subsessile, scaly at extreme base; nerves forming a dens network with very numerous small areoles. Sori rusty brown, very narrow, superficial, reticulate; spores ellipsoid, monolete. |
Notes | A. boryanum is obovate-lanceolate, midrib is not raised, sori not in grooves. |
Derivation | boryanum: named after a French botanist, J.B.M. Bory de St. Vincent (1780-1846). |
Habitat | Evergreen forest of Rapanea, Rauvolfia, Macaranga and Polyscias. |
Distribution worldwide | Comoro Isl., Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Tanzania. |
Distribution in Africa |
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Growth form |
Epiphytic. |
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