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Asplenium sandersonii
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Photo: Petra Ballings
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Photo: Petra Ballings
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Photo: Petra Ballings
Bunga forest, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Genaina, Vumba
Photo: Petra Ballings
John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford
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| Synonyms: |
Asplenium comorense C.Chr. Asplenium debile Mett. ex Kuhn Asplenium melleri Mett. ex Kuhn Asplenium punctatum Mett. ex Kuhn Asplenium vagans Baker |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome erect, c. 3 mm diameter; scales brown, margin entire, c. 4 mm long, lanceolate. Fronds tufted, arching, uniform, proliferous, fleshy. Stipe up to 4 cm, subglabrous. Lamina pinnate, 10-30 cm × 1.5-2.5 cm, linear to lanceolate in outline. Pinnae distaly slowly decreasing in size and ending in a naked extension of the rhachis that bears a proliferating bud. Pinnae falcate, basal margin entire, distal and acroscopic margins with broadly rounded lobes, base unequal; upper surface glabrous, undersurface with a few substellate scales. Sori up to 6 per pinna oval, covering most of the pinnae, indusium present. |
| Notes: | Differs from similar species by the naked extension of the rhachis that bears a proliferating bud, pinnae with very rounded acroscopic margins. |
| Derivation of specific name: | sandersonii: named after J. Sanderson (1820-1881), an amateur plant collector in Natal. |
| Habitat: | Shaded areas in wet, evergreen forest. Epiphyte or lithophyte. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 50 - 2000 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Annobon, Bioko, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Soa Tomé, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascan region |
| 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: | Friday 18 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 229 - 230. (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 27. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 618 - 619. (Includes a picture). 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 158. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 371 - 372. (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 5. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 170. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 96. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 183 - 184. (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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