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Asplenium theciferum
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Forest below unnamed peak North of plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa, forest.
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| Synonyms: |
Asplenium concinnum (Schrad.) Kuhn. Asplenium theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. var. concinnum (Schrad.) Schelpe Asplenium theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. subsp. concinnum (Schrad.) Bonap. Asplenium theciferum sensu Sim Davallia campyloneura Kunze Davallia concinna Schrad. Loxoscape concinnum (Schrad.) T.Moore Loxoscaphe theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) T.Moore subsp. concinnum (Schrad.) Pic.Serm. Loxoscaphe theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) T.Moore var. concinnum (Schrad.) Kuhn |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome erect, up to 12 mm in diameter; scales dark brown, lanceolate, margin ciliate, up to 6 mm long. Fronds tufted, not proliferous, fleshy. Stipe up to 13 cm, set with few scales becoming subglabrous with age, narrowly winged. Lamina 9-26 cm × 2.5-6 cm, 2-pinnate to 3-pinnatifid, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate in outline. Pinnae glabrous, divided into linear-spathulate lobes, with the costa winged. Rhachis winged. Sori bulbous, oblong to circular, terminal on the apex of the ultimate lobes, each lobe carries a single sorus, indusium entire. |
| Notes: | Confusion with A. rutifolium; A. theciferum has sori born on the tips of the ultimate lobes, a narrowly winged stipe and a thinner rhizome. |
| Derivation of specific name: | -theca: capsule bearing, referring to the terminal structure of the bulbous sorus; connicum: pretty, elegant, referring to the pleasant look of this fern. |
| Habitat: | Deeply shaded moist evergreen forest. Epiphyte or lithophyte |
| Altitude range: | 200 - 2300 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Bioko, Burundi, Cameroon,DRC, Equatorial guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascan region |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 24 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 238. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 94. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 27. as Asplenium theciferum concinnum Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. As Asplenium theciferum concinnum Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 632 - 633. (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 9. As Asplenium theciferum var. concinnum Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 26. Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 158. Fisher, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Pages 45 - 46. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 378 - 379. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 103 - 104. 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 5. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Pages 171 - 172. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 98. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 188. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78. |
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