Pteridophyta

Aspleniaceae - Spleenwort family

Literature

Burrows, J.E. (1990) Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton.

Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta FZ

Description of the family

Epiphytic or terrestrial plants. Stipe not articulated to the rhizome. Fronds simple or variously pinnately dissected; veins free or anastomosing at the margins. Sori linear (in ours), borne on the costal side of a vein and with a narrow or obsolete indusium.

Worldwide: 1 genus and c.720 species, cosmopolitan.

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Links to genera: (1)

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Asplenium L.

Other sources of information about Aspleniaceae:

GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Aspleniaceae
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Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Aspleniaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=25, retrieved 6 September 2010

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