Anemiaceae
Anemia angolensis Alston Anemia dregeana Kunze Anemia nigerica Alston Anemia schimperiana C. Presl. Anemia sessilis (Jeanp.) C. Chr. Anemia simii Tardieu 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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Anemia Sw.
Photo: P. Ballings
Zimbabwe
Description of the genus
Plants terrestrial or lithophytic. Rhizome short, creeping to erect, with hairs. Fronds tufted, herbaceous, hemidimorphic, pinnate to 2-pinnate, with the basal pair of pinnae usually fertile. venation free. Fertile pinnae markedly different to the sterile pinnae, long-petiolate, dissected, with much-contracted segments bearing sporangia in 2 rows on each segment.
Derivation of name: Aneimon means naked, this refers to the uncovered sporangia.
Worldwide: c.100 species in tropical and warm areas, especially America; few species in Africa, Madagascar and the Indian subcontinent.
We have 6 taxa in the database for Anemia.
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