Species

Lomariopsis hederacea Alston

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Description	Rhizome used for support, reaching up to 2 m; rhizome scales lanceolate in outline, narrow, brownish red, formed of elongated cells. Sterile fronds imparipinnate, subcoracious. Stipe 4-9 cm, strawcoloured, grooved, with scales, winged in young fronds. Lamina 15-20 x 3-5 cm, c. 24 pairs of laterale pinnae; pinnae c. 8 x 2 cm, oblong in outline, base equal, rounded or truncate, apex acute, veins simples; lower pinnae not or hardly reduced; terminal pinna lanceolate in outline. Rhachis flattened, winged in young plants, loosely scaly. Fertile fronds slightly smaller than sterile fronds; lamina with narrow pinnae, oblong in outline, with a cordate base.
Notes	Not in Flora of Tropical East Africa, occurrence in Kenya and Tanzania ?
Derivation	hederacea: ivy-like.
Habitat	Pelohygrophilous forest.
Distribution worldwide	Africa, São Tomé.
Distribution in Africa	Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Congo , Dem. Republic of Congo , Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Gabon , Kenya , Nigeria , Tanzania .
Growth form	Epiphytic.
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 145. 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 145. Tardieu-Blot, M.-L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.3.Flore du Cameroun, Page 314. (Includes a picture). Thardieu-Blot, M.L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.8.Flore du Gabon, Pages 182 - 183. (Includes a picture).