Ptisana salicifolia (Schrad.) Senterre & Rouhan

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Ptisana salicifolia

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Vumba

Ptisana salicifolia

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SRGH

Ptisana salicifolia

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SRGH

Ptisana salicifolia

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Chirinda forest, near Swynnertons memorial

Ptisana salicifolia

Photo: Petra Ballings
Chirinda forest, near Swynnertons memorial

Ptisana salicifolia

Photo: Petra Ballings
Chirinda forest, near Swynnertons memorial

Ptisana salicifolia

Photo: Petra Ballings
Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post

Ptisana salicifolia

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Mt. Gorongosa, forest Canda side

Ptisana salicifolia

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Magorogodo hills, Zomba Community

Ptisana salicifolia

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Northeastern slopes Mt Mabu

Ptisana salicifolia

Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Northeastern slopes Mt Mabu

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Synonyms: Marattia dregeana C. Presl
Marattia fraxinea sensu Sim
Marattia fraxinea Sm. ex J.F.Gmel. var. salicifolia (Schrad.) C.Chr.
Marattia natalensis C. Presl
Marattia salicifolia Schrad.
Ptisana fraxinea var. salicifolia (Schrad.) Murdock
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Rhizome massive, forming an upright caudex. Stipe up to 1 m long, fleshy, light green, base swollen and flanked by a pair of thick stipules. Lamina 1-3 × 0.5-1.5 m, bipinnate, ovate in outline. Pinnules glabrous, narrowly oblong-lanceolate in outline, margin sharply toothed, apex attenuate base unequally cuneate, venation prominent below. Synangia very distinctive, capsular with linear opening, situated singly towards the end of each vein, c. 2 × 1 mm.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: fraxinea: resembling the genus Fraxinus;
salicifolia: with leaves like a Salix (a willow).
Habitat: Along streams in deeply shaded evergreen forest
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 2000 m
Worldwide distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also in tropical Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: E,S
Growth form(s): Terrestrial.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Sunday 4 March 2012
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 49. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 82.

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 36. as Marattia fraxinea (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 138 - 139.

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 12. As Marattia fraxinea

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. As Marattia fraxinea

Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 166 - 168. (Includes a picture).

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 8.

Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 35. (Includes a picture).

Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 31 - 32.

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 38 - 40. (Includes a picture).

Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 71.

White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 1. As Marattia fraxinea

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 79.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Ptisana salicifolia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=100380, retrieved 29 March 2024

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