Dryopteridaceae

Ctenitis (C.Chr.) C. Chr.

 

Description of the genus

Plants terrestrial. Rhizome creeping, suberect to erect; rhizome scales linear to lanceolate. Fronds spaced or tufted, herbaceous, monomorphic. Stipes not articulated, scaly at the base. Lamina oblong-lanceolate to triangular-pentagonal in outline, 2-4 pinnatifid, hairs on both surfaces, but especially along castae and costules.; veins free, simple or forked. Sori round, on the veins; indusia small, kidney-shaped, spores monolete

 

Derivation of name:  ktena: comb; alluding to the comb-like appearance of some of the bipinnate species of the genus.

Comment: Megalastrum is sometimes included in Ctenitis, we consider them to be 2 separated genera.

Worldwide: about 150 species, tropics and south temperate areas.

 

 

We have 1 taxa in the database for Ctenitis.

  • Ctenitis cirrhosa (Schumach.) Ching
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    Literature

  • 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.
  • Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta.Flora Zambesiaca, 0: 1-254.

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