Elaphoglossum lastii (Baker) C. Chr.

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Mt. Gorongosa, forest Canda side

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Synonyms:	Acrostichum lastii Baker Acrostichum volkensii Hieron. Elaphoglossum obtusum Peter Elaphoglossum volkensii (Hieron.) C.Chr.
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Description:	Rhizome creeping, 6-8 mm in diameter; rhizome scales up to 5 mm long, appressed, reddish-brown, narrowly lanceolate. Fronds spaced apart, erect or arching, coriaceous, simple, dimorphous. Sterile frond: stipe stramineous, with scattered brown scales when young, up to 18 cm long; lamina up to 33 × 5 cm, narrowly elliptic-oblong in outline, apex rounded, base wedge-shaped, margin with a pale inrolled edge, subglabrous with minute brown scales below. Fertile frond: stipe much longer than that of the sterile frond, lamina shorter and narrower (up to 6 × 1.8 cm) than sterile lamina, sori covering the whole undersurface of the lamina.
Notes:	The rounded apex of the frond distinguishes this fern from other similar species.
Derivation of specific name:	lastii: named after J.T. Last (1847-1933), an English plant collector.
Habitat:	Mid- to high-level epiphyet in evergreen mist forests.
Altitude range: (metres)	1370 - 1920 m
Worldwide distribution:	Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Pemba, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form(s):	Epiphyte.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 283 - 284. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 97. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. 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 11. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 418 - 419. (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 7. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 149. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 130. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 211. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 79.

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