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Blechnum tabulare
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Rocky ridge on plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Mt. Gorongosa, grassland plateau
Photo: Petra Ballings
Opposite slope above valley below Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
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| Synonyms: |
Blechnum dalgairnsiae (Pappe & Rawson) Kuhn Lomaria boryana (Sw.) Willd. Lomaria coriacea Schrad. Lomaria cycadioides Pappe & Rawson Lomaria dalgairnsiae Pappe & Rawson Pteris tabularis Thunb. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome erect, sometimes forming a caudex; scales brown with dark central stripe, linear, 15-50 mm long, margin entire. Fronds dimorphic, in whorls, texture leathery. Stipe up to 30 cm, glabrous but with a few scales at the base. Sterile lamina 1.4 m × 35 cm, pinnate, elliptic-oblanceolate in outline with a series of reduced pinnae at the base, the lowermost pinnae rudimentary; pinnae linear to oblong, with an unequal base joined to the rhachis, margins entire, glabrous above, with hair-like scales set along the costa below. Fertile lamina smaller or the same size as the sterile lamina; pinnae linear, joined directly onto the rhachis, pinnae standing at an acute angle to the rhachis and sometimes strongly inrolled. Sori linear, extending the whole length of the pinnae; indusium continuous. |
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| Notes: | Differs from similar species by its stiff habit and leathery texture; it also has pinnae with an unequally shaped base. |
| Derivation of specific name: | tabulare: Mont tabularis in Latin, this fern was first collected on Table Mountain, Cape Town |
| Habitat: | Terrestrial fern in montane grassland along streams or rocky outcrops, along the margins of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 400 - 2000 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC and Tanzania southwards to South Africa; also Madagascar and Mascarene Islands. |
| National distribution: | Z,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 13 July 2007 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 331 - 332. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 99. 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. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 9. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 734 - 735. (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 10. Fischer E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 158. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 112. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 463 - 464. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 119 - 120. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 30. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Pages 155 - 156. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 105. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 237 - 239. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 2. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78. |
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