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| Synonyms: |
Grammitis molleri (Baker) Schelpe Polypodium cryptophlebium Baker Polypodium molleri Baker Polypodium rutenbergii Luerssen |
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| Description: |
Rhizomes short-creeping, not branched; rhizome scales narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate in outline, pale to medium red-brown, glabrous. Stipes winged to base or 1–3 mm long, glabrous or with translucent to pale red-brown hairs. Lamina narrowly oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate in outline, 12– 76+ mm long, 2– 4 mm wide, bluntly acute to obtuse at apex, long-attenuate at base, with translucent to pale red-brown on margin; lateral veins 1-forked, free, branch endings without hydathodes on adaxial surface of lamina. Sori in apical 1/8 to 3/4 of lamina, 1– 4 in each row. |
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| Habitat: | Moist montane forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1900 - 2150 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sao Tomé,Tanzania, Zimbabwe, also Madagascar |
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| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Parris, B.S. (2005). Grammitidaceae F.T.E.A. Pages 5 - 6. (Includes a picture). Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 154. |
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