Thelypteridaceae

Pseudocyclosorus Ching

Photo: P. Ballings
Zimbabwe

 

Description of the genus

Plants terrestrial. Rhizome erect or shortly creeping. Frond 2-pinnatifid, abruptly decrescent with a series of much reduced vestigal pinnae along the stipe. Veins free, veins of pinnae lobes not meeting below the sinus. Sori round, indusiate, indusium reniform.

 

Derivation of name:  pseudo: false, a false Cyclosorus.

Worldwide: c. 12 species, paleotropical and subtropical distribution.

 

 

We have 2 taxa in the database for Pseudocyclosorus.

  • Pseudocyclosorus camerounensis Holttum
  • Pseudocyclosorus pulcher (Willd.) Holttum
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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.

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