Asplenium stuhlmannii Hieron.

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Campbell Morrison property next to Edagon Hill, Vumba

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Corner, Chimanimani

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Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo

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Synonyms:	Asplenium ramlowii Hieron. Asplenium stuhlmannii Hieron var. laciniata Hieron Asplenium subhemitomum Brause
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Status:	Native
Description:	Rhizome shortly creeping, up to 5 mm diameter; scales up to 8 mm long, shiny pale brown, lanceolate, entire, hair-pointed. Fronds not proliferous, tufted, erect to arching. Stipe up to 14 cm, dark brown, subglabrous when mature. Lamina 6-38 cm × 1.6-8.5 cm, pinnate to deeply 2-pinnatifid, narrowly oblanceolate in outline. Pinnae glabrous, leathery, ovate, venation flabellate, incised more than 1/2 way to the costa into obtuse toothed lobes with the basal acroscopic lobe prominent and almost free. Sori linear closely packed, typically covering the whole undersurface of the pinnae upon dehiscence, indusium erose.
Notes:	Differs from similar species by thicker texture, narrower lamina and shortly ovate deeply incised pinnae.
Derivation of specific name:	stuhlmannii: named after Franz Ernst Stuhlmann, one time Acting Governor of Tanganyika and an avid collector of plants.
Habitat:	Full sun or light shade in rock crevices and sheetrock mats on granite outcrops. Lithophyte.
Altitude range: (metres)	900 - 1500 m
Worldwide distribution:	Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):	Lithophyte.
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Images last updated:	Saturday 12 November 2011
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 245 - 246. As Asplenium ramlowii (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 93. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. As Asplenium ramlowii Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. As Asplenium ramlowii 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. As Asplenium ramlowii Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 158. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 368 - 369. As Asplenium ramlowii (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 103. As Asplenium ramlowii 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. As Asplenium ramlowii Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 170. As Asplenium ramlowii Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 97 - 98. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 180. As Asplenium ramlowii Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78.

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