191.100 Didymochlaena Desv.

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Description of the genus

Plants terrestrial. Rhizome erect, massive, forming a short caudex; rhizome scales brown, subentire. Fronds tufted, firmly herbaceous, monomorphic. Stipe not articulated, scaly. Lamina oblong-ovate in outline, bipinnate. Pinnules dimidiate, trapeziform, articulated at the base, apex rounded, basal margin thickened; veins free. Sori elongate, terminal on the veins; indusia peltate with narrow elongated stalk.

Derivation of name: didymos: twin, double, chlaina: cover; referring to the seemingly double indusia.

Worldwide: 1 species, pantropical distribution.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
truncatula (Sw.) J. Sm.	E	Description, Image

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