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Elaphoglossum lancifolium
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Aberfoyle tea estate, Honde Valley
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| Synonyms: |
Acrostichum lancifolium Desv. Acrostichum salicifolium Willd. ex Kaulf. Elaphoglossum convolutum Chiov. Elaphoglossum lineare sensu Sim Elaphoglossum petiolatum (Sw.) Urb. subsp. salicifolium (Willd. ex Kaulf.) Schelpe Elaphoglossum salicifolium (Willd. ex Kaulf.) Alston |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome creeping, c. 5 mm thick; rhizome scales dark brown, entire, attenuate. Fronds closely spaced to tufted, erect or arching, herbaceous to thinly coracious, simple, dimorphous. Sterile frond: stipe 8-13 cm long, stramineous to pale brown, articulated, at first densely covered with brown, ciliate, narrowly lanceolate scales; lamina up to 12-28 × 0.9-1.8 cm, linear-lanceolate in outline, apex pointed, base shortly tapering, margin inrolled, thinly covered on both surfaces with long, ciliate, deciduous scales, and some more persistent scales along the upper surface of the midrib. Fertile frond: stipe as for sterile but 9-20 cm long; lamina up to 18 × 0.6 cm, linear, apex pointed, base wedge-shaped, sporangia covering the whole undersurface of the lamina. |
| Notes: | The ciliate scales on the lamina and stipe differentiate this species from E. acrostichoides. |
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| Habitat: | Low-level epiphyte or lithophyte, growing in shade of low-altitude riverine forest or woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 660 - 1370 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | From west tropical Africa to DRC, Rwanda, Tanzania and downwards to Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Also Seychelles, Comoro isl., Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte, lithophyte. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 286 - 288. As Elaphoglossum petiolatum subsp. salicifolium (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 97. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 34. as Elaphoglossum salicifolium (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. As Elaphoglossum petiolatum salicifolium 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. As Elaphoglossum salicifolium Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 423 - 424. As Elaphoglossum petiolatum subsp. salicifolium (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 110. As Elaphoglossum petiolatum subsp. salicifolium 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. As Elaphoglossum salicifolium Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 151. As Elaphoglossum salicifolium Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 129. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 215. As Elaphoglossum subsp. salicifolium Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 79. |
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