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Pellaea boivinii
boivinii
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Domboshawa, Harare
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Ngomakurira, Chinhamora CL.
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Ngomakurira, Chinhamora CL.
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Ngomakurira, Chinhamora CL.
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| Synonyms: |
Allosorus boivinii (Hook.) Kuntze Pteris boivinii (Hook.) Bedd. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome erect to short creeping; rhizome scales dark to golden brown, paler margins, top slowly tapering to a point, up to 10 mm long. Fronds tufted, erect, coriaceous. Stipe brownish black, shining, up to 22 cm long, as long to 1.8 times as long as the lamina, with a few scales near the base, similar to those on the rhizome. Lamina sharply triangular in outline, c. 100-180 mm × 56-150 mm, bi-pinnate to tri-pinnate on the basiscopically developed basal pinnae, pinnae petiolate, deltate, up to 15 pairs. Pinnules up to 18 mm × 3-6 mm, oblong to ovate-rectangular in outline, deep subglossy green above, paler below, margins entire, apex rounded, base cordate, articulated to the apices of short petiolules, glabrous on both surfaces, veins hardly visible, free. Rhachis, secondary rhachis brownish black, with short brown hairs on the upper surfaces. Sori marginal, continuous to within a few milimeters of the apex, indusium entire, membranous, continuous. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | boivinii: named after L.H. Boivin (1808-1852), French collector and botanist. |
| Habitat: | Granite 'whalebacks', on quartzite and sandstone in rock crevices and at the edge of vegetation islands overlying granite sheetrock. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1500 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Comolo Isl., Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, as well as Sri Lanka and southern India. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | Lithophyte, terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 5 August 2013 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 168 - 169. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. As Pellaea boivinii Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 410 - 411. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 274 - 275. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 53. 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 9. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 70. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 189. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 131. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 16. as Pellaea boivinii |
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