Sinopteridaceae
Aleuritopteris farinosa (Forssk) Fée Aleuritopteris welwitschii (Baker) Ching Roux, J.P. (2009) Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta.Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report, 13: 1-222.
Aleuritopteris Fée
Photo: BT. Wursten
Zimbabwe
Description of the genus
Rhizome short and erect or long and creeping. Fronds monomorphic, pinnately compound, pinnae basiscopically developed, with pinnae or ultimate segments never articulated and with a coloured (whitish, pale- or orange-yellow) powdery indumentum on the underside. Sori borne on vein endings near the margins, usually covered by a continuous indusium formed from the reflexed margin.
Worldwide: c.15 species, predominantly in northern temperate regions, with a few in tropical and S Africa
We have 2 taxa in the database for Aleuritopteris.
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