Asplenium - Aspleniaceae

Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech. ssp. filare (Forssk.) A.F. Braithw.

 

 

 

 

Synonyms

Acrostichum filare Forssk.
Asplenium filare (Forssk.) Alston
Asplenium canariense Willd.

Common name

Description

General description see A. aethiopicum . For subsp. filare fronds up to 55cm, 2-pinnatifid to 2-pinnate, firmly herbaceous; spores globose, spore length/width ratio < 1.4

Notes

Derivation

filare: drawing out in a long line, referring to the long, narrow pinna apices

Habitat

Distribution worldwide

Distribution in Africa

Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan and South Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Growth form

Terrestrial.

Literature

  • Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature. Pages 646 - 649. (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 77.
  • Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta.Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report, 13 Page 161.

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