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Cheilanthes involuta
obscura
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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha wilderness area
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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha wilderness area
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Mpinga pass, Great dyke
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Hippo Pools, Umfurudzi Safari area
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Hippo Pools, Umfurudzi Safari area
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Along secondary dirt road below Mount Buchwa
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| Synonyms: |
Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw. var. obscura N.C. Anthony Pellaea involuta (Sw.) Baker var. obscura (N.C. Anthony) N.C. Anthony Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl var. involuta sensu Schelpe and sensu W. Jacob and sensu Kornas |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome shortly creeping to ascending, c. 4 mm in diameter; rhizome scales reddish brown sometimes with central dark stripe, apex slowly tapering to a point, margin entire, sometimes minutely toothed, up to 6 mm long. Fronds tufted, herbaceous to coriaceous. Stipe dark brown, grooved, set with brown to blackish scales up to 3 mm long, more so at the base. Lamina 3-24 cm × 2-13 cm, ovate to subdeltate in outline, 2-pinnate to 3-pinnatifid; ultimate segments oblong-ovate to subhastate, venation obscure, free, upper surface hairless, undersurface set with a few lanceolate scales along the costules. Rhachis and secondary rhachises with brown, lanceolate, hairlike scales. Sori linear, marginal; indusium continuous, suberose. |
| Notes: | May be confused with C. viridis var. glauca which differs in having a rhachis that is deeply grooved, an almost black stipe and veins that are clearly visible. |
| Derivation of specific name: | involuta: inrolled, referring to the sometimes inrolled pinnule margin; obscura: obscure, venation not being very visible |
| Habitat: | Terrestrial or lithophyte, at boulder bases and among rocks in woodland and grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 400 - 2440 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Naminia, Socotra, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,MS,M |
| Growth form(s): | Lithophyte, terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 145. (Includes a picture). Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 386 - 387. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 14. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 287 - 288. As P. viridis var. involuta (Sw.) Schelpe (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 59. As P. viridis var. involuta (Sw.) Schelpe Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 9. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 64. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 183. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 136. As P. viridis var. involuta (Sw.) Schelpe Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 15. |
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