Mohria nudiuscula J.P. Roux

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Mohria nudiuscula

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Mohria nudiuscula

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SRGH

Mohria nudiuscula

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SRGH

Mohria nudiuscula

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Silvermist cottage, Troutbeck

Mohria nudiuscula

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Nyanga area

Mohria nudiuscula

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Nyanga area

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Synonyms: Mohria caffrorum auct. non (L.) Desv.
Mohria caffrorum (L.) Desv. var. ferruginea J.E.Burrows & S.M.Burrows
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Description:
Rhizome shortly creeping, up to 10 mm in diameter, scales chestnut to rust-coloured, 5-7 mm long. Fronds closely spaced, tufted, slightly dimorphic with fertile fronds slightly longer than sterile fronds. Stipe 2-22 cm long, sparsely to densely set with a mixture of hairs and scales. Lamina thickly coriaceous, 5.3-63.5 cm long, erect, narrowly elliptic in outline, pinnate to 2-pinnatifid. Pinnae hairless or nearly so on the upper surface, undersurface with hairs and scales; pinnule margins shallowly crenulate to obtusely toothed. Rhachis densely set with hairs and scales. Sori marginal, exindusiate.
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Derivation of specific name: nudiuscula: somewhat bare or naked, the upper surface of the lamina is almost hairless.
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Worldwide distribution: DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, also known from Madagascar.
Malawi distribution: N,S
Growth form(s): Lithophyte, terrestrial.
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 63 - 64. Description of M. caffrorum! Revision by J.P. Roux: M. caffrorum now restricted to S.A., M. vestita and M. nudiuscula new names for the region. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 83.

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 43.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 39.

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25.

Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 208 - 209. (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.

Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 177 - 178. Description of M. caffrorum! Revision by J.P. Roux: M. caffrorum now restricted to S.A., M. vestita and M. nudiuscula new names for the region. (Includes a picture).

Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 43. As Mohria caffrorum

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.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 12.

Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 54.

Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 52 - 53.

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 56. Description of M. caffrorum! Revision by J.P. Roux: M. caffrorum now restricted to S.A., M. vestita and M. nudiuscula new names for the region.

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. & Diniz, M.A. (1979). Pteridophyta Flora de Mocambique Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar; Centro de Botanica Pages 49 - 50. Description of M. caffrorum! Revision by J.P. Roux: M. caffrorum now restricted to S.A., M. vestita and M. nudiuscula new names for the region.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Mohria nudiuscula.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=100660, retrieved 28 March 2024

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