Sinopteridaceae
Pellaea angolensis Schelpe Pellaea angulosa (Bory ex Willd.) Baker Pellaea boivinii Hook. var. boivinii Pellaea calomelanos (Sw.) Link var. calomelanos Pellaea calomelanos (Sw.) Link var. swynnertoniana (Sim) Schelpe Pellaea doniana J.Sm. ex Hook. Pellaea dura (Willd.) Hook. var. latipinna Schelpe Pellaea dura (Willd.) Hook. var. dura Pellaea dura (Willd.) Hook. var. holstii (Hieron.) Schelpe Pellaea dura (Willd.) Hook. var. schweinfurthii (Hieron.) Verdc. Pellaea leucomelas (Mett. ex Kuhn) Baker Pellaea longipilosa Bonap. Pellaea pectiniformis Baker Pellaea prolifera Schelpe Pellaea pteroides (L.) Prantl. Pellaea rufa A.F.Tryon Pellaea schippersii Verdc. 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.
Pellaea Link
Photo: P. Ballings
Zimbabwe
Description of the genus
Rhizome usually shortly creeping with linear, black or brown, scales. Stipe dark reddish-brown to black, glabrous or with hairs or scales. Fronds pinnate to 4-pinnate with pinnae or ultimate segments articulated, glabrous or pubescent to tomentose. Sori submarginal, confluent into a soral line (rarely discrete), usually covered by a continuous indusium formed from the reflexed margin; paraphyses usually 0.
Derivation of name: pellos: dark-coloured, an allusion to the dark or black stipe or leaf stalks of most species.
Worldwide: c. 35 species, tropical, with a few species occuring in temporate and boreal regions.
We have 17 taxa in the database for Pellaea.
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