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Asplenium mannii
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Bunga forest, Vumba
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Photo: Petra Ballings
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Bunga Forest, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Bunga Forest, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Castle Beacon Forest, Vumba
Photo: Petra Ballings
John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford
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| Synonyms: |
Loxoscaphe mannii sensu Kuhn |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome shortly erect, up to 3 mm thick; scales dark brown, triangular, subentire, acute. Fronds uniform, tufted, gemmae born at the tip of a long bare stolon-like rhachis. Stipe up to 5.5 cm long, hairless. Lamina up to 6 × 2 cm, pinnate to 2-pinnate at the base, lanceolate in outline. Pinnae hairless, narrowly spathulate, entire. Rhachis hairless, narrowly winged in upper half of the frond. Sori solitary, oval, situated at the end of each pinna lobe, surrounded by the lamina of the lobe and not marginal, indusium subentire. |
| Notes: | Very recognisable by its small size and stoloniferous habit. |
| Derivation of specific name: | mannii: after Gustav Mann (1836-1916), British colonial representative in the Gulf of Guinea, who collected plants in that area. |
| Habitat: | Deep shade in evergreen forest. Epiphyte or lithophyte. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1130 - 2100 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Bioko, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda,Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 30 October 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 239. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 94. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 25. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. 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 9. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 26. Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 156. Fisher, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Pages 21 - 24. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 376 - 377. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 100 - 101. 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 5. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Pages 167 - 168. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 90. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 187. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78. |
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