Species

Lomariopsis palustris (Hook.) Mett. ex Kuhn

Synonyms	Acrostichum palustre Hook. Elaphoglossum palustre (Hook.)J.Sm. Stenochlaena elaphoglossoides C.Chr.
Common name
Description	Rhizome climbing; rhizome scales brownish red, lanceolate in outline, peltate at the base, margins entire, cells elongated, thin-walled, reddish. Fronds simple, dimorphic, subcoracious. Sterile frond 25-30 x 2-4 cm, lanceolate, stipe winged. Sterile lamina lanceolate in outline, narrowed at the base, apex pointed, margins entire, wavy; costa raised on the underside; veins visible, simple or forked at the base; lower surface of the lamina glabrous or with few scattered small scales. Fertile frond, petiolate, longer than the sterile, narrowly linear in outline, entirely covered on the underside by the sporangia.
Notes
Derivation	palustris : marshy or swampy, referring to the habitat of this species.
Habitat	Marshy areas, forest margin.
Distribution worldwide	See African distribution.
Distribution in Africa	Angola , Cameroon , Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone .
Growth form	Climbing, epiphytic, lithophytic.
Literature	Roux, J.P. (2009) Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Page 146. Tardieu-Blot, M.-L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.3.Flore du Cameroun, Page 309. (Includes a picture). Thardieu-Blot, M.L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.8.Flore du Gabon, Pages 179 - 180. (Includes a picture).