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Ophioglossum latifolium
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome spindle-shaped to linear, up to 16 mm long, 1–3 mm wide; roots fleshy, horizontal, sometimes also descending, proliferous;persistent leaf bases not present. Leaves 1 to 3. Petiole up to 28 mm long, 80–90% of its length subterranean. Sterile lamina 9-24 × 6-18 mm, bright green, appressed to, or held slightly off, the ground, broadly ovate, usually flat, sometimes slightly folded along the median line, length:width ratio 1.2–1.6:1, apex variable from rounded to pointed, base broadly wedge-shaped to truncate, margins flat and even; fertile spike (33–)50–82(–103) mm long, with (8–)11–14(–19) pairs of sporangia. |
| Notes: | Could be confused with O. rubellum that has a carrot-shaped rhizome and dark green leaves with an orange to reddish tinge. |
| Derivation of specific name: | latifolium: broad-leaved |
| Habitat: | Terrestrial, in shallow seasonally moist soils overlaying sheetrock, and in deciduous woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 800 - 1300 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 18 May 2013 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Johns, R.J. (2001). Ophioglossaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 11 - 12. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Edwards, T.J. (1993). Nomenclatural changes and additions to the genus Ophioglossum in Africa (Ophioglossaceae: Pteridophyta) Bothalia 23(2) Pages 188 - 189. 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 33. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 34 - 35. |
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