Species

Didymoglossum reptans (Sw.) C.Presl.

Photo: JE. Burrows
South Africa

Synonyms	Trichomanes reptans Sw.
Common name
Description	Rhizome creeping, with dark brown linear-lanceolate hairs to 1 mm long. Fronds spaced 0.3–2 cm apart. Stipe 1–7 mm long, with hairs as on the rhizome. Lamina oblong to narrowly obovate, 1–5.5 x 0.4–2.6 cm, very irregularly pinnatifid, margin sparsely set with pairs of stiff dark brown hairs to 0.6 mm; marginal vein absent. Sori at lobe apices of distal lobes; indusium narrowly obconical, 2–3.3 mm long, 0.6–1 mm in diameter, not or hardly winged, lips flared and to 6 mm long and 13 mm wide, not or hardly flanked by the lamina.
Notes
Derivation	reptans: creeping, most species of Didymoglossum are creeping.
Habitat	Moist forest along streams, base of tree-trunks, mossy boulders on comparatively dry forest floor..
Distribution worldwide	Africa, Madagascar, Central and South America.
Distribution in Africa	South Africa , Tanzania .
Growth form	Epiphytic, lithophytic.
Literature	Beentje, H.J. (2008) Hymenophyllaceae.Flora of Tropical East Africa, Page 13. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. (1990) Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 89. (Includes a picture). Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature. Pages 152 - 153. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 186 - 187. (Includes a picture). 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 42.