Pseudophegopteris cruciata (Willd.) Holttum
Synonyms |
Aspidium cruciatum Willd. |
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Description |
Rhizome erect. Fronds monomorphic, tufted, 0.5–1.6 m tall. Stipe 30–45 cm long, reddish or straw-coloured, with numerous spreading hyaline scales at base, turning brown with age. Lamina bipinnate-pinnatifid, 0.3–1 m or more long, 16–58 cm wide; pinnae lanceolate in outline, ± sessile or stalklet to 5 mm, 15–29 x 4.5–9 cm; pinnules in ± 25 pairs, 2.5–5.5 x 1.2–1.5 cm, distinctly narrowed at the base but always adnate to pinna-rachis, lobed, the lobes oblong, 6–7 x 2.5–3.5 mm, entire or almost so or with a few obscure lobes; costa of pinnules pilose; veins simple or forked. Sori on acroscopic vein-branches. |
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Derivation | |
Habitat | Swampy stream bank in wet evergreen forest of Podocarpus, Hagenia etc. |
Distribution worldwide | Bioko, Cameroon, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda and Mascarene Is. |
Distribution in Africa |
Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania , Uganda. |
Growth form |
Terrestrial. |
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