Anemiaceae
Mohria caffrorum (L.) Desv. Mohria lepigera (Baker) Baker Mohria marginalis (Savigny) J.P. Roux Mohria nudiuscula J.P. Roux Mohria rigida J.P. Roux Mohria saxatilis J.P. Roux Mohria vestita Baker Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature.
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.
Mohria Sw.
Photo: P. Ballings
Zimbabwe
Description of the genus
Plants terrestrial or lithophytic. Rhizome short, creeping to suberect, with hairs and scales, irregularly laterally branched, often stoloniferous. Fronds tufted, herbaceous to coriaceous, 2-3-pinnatifid, not or slightly dimorphic, venation free. Sporangia near the vein endings, submarginal on almost unmodified pinnae, partly covered by the reflexed margin of the ultimate segments in two rows on each segment.
Derivation of name: Matthias Heinrich Mohr was a German botanist and professor of philosophy at the University of Kiel.
Worldwide: 7 species in tropical and S Africa
Key to the species of Mohria: PDF
We have 7 taxa in the database for Mohria.
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