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Asplenium friesiorum
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Mt. Gorongosa, forest Canda side
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Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
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Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
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Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
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Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
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Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts
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Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts
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| Synonyms: |
Asplenium caudatum G.Forst. var. reflexum Bonap. Asplenium monilisorum Domin Asplenium serra Langsd. & Fisch. var. natalensis Baker Asplenium serra sensu Sim. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome widely creeping, branched; scales shiny brown, up to 4 mm, entire. Fronds widely spaced, not proliferous, pendent. Stipe up to 70 cm, dark brown, sparsely set with brown scales becoming glabrous with age. Lamina up to c. 1m long and c. 25 cm wide, pinnate to 2-pinnatifid, narrowly oblong to lanceolate in outline. Pinnae up to 13 × 1.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, hairless, margins incised, incisions 1/3 to 2/3 of the way towards the midrib into toothed lobes, base unequally cuneate, apex tapering to a fine extended apex. Sori linear, set almost continuous in two lines along the midrib, indusium entire. |
| Notes: | Differs from similar species by not having proliferous fronds, the rhizome is widely creeping and the sori are set in the same line along the midrib. |
| Derivation of specific name: | friesiorum: probably named after R.E. Fries (1876-1966), a Swedish botanist who joined the Swedish Rhodesia-Congo Exp. (1911-1912) |
| Habitat: | Deep shade in moist evergreen forest, among boulders in montane grassveld. Terrestrial or lithophytic. |
| Altitude range: | 1000 - 2500 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Africa and Madagascan region. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Lithophyte, terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 17 November 2013 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 232 - 233. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 93. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 25. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 622 - 623. (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. 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 25. Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 156. Fisher, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Pages 17 - 18. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 353 - 354. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 99 - 100. 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 Page 164. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 85 - 86. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 178 - 179. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78. |
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