198.500 Bolbitis Schott

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Description of the genus

Plants terrestrial or semi-aquatic. Rhizome creeping; rhizome scales dark, entire. Stipe not articulated. Fronds closely spaced, deeply pinnatifid to pinnate, weakly dimorphic, gemmiferous in some species; sterile pinnae glabrous, usually crenate, fertile pinnae usually narrower. Veins anastomosing with included free veinlets. Sporangia acrostichoid.

Derivation of name: bolbos: a bulb, itis: closely connected; referring to the bulbils produced on the frond of some species.

Worldwide: c. 44 species, pantropical distribution.

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
gemmifera (Hieron.) C. Chr.[LR-nt]	E	Description, Image
heudelotii (Bory ex Fée) Alston	N,E	Description, Image

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