Didymoglossum Desv.

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

Description of the genus

Rhizome widely creeping, covered with dark hairs, roots absent, root-like shoots present. Fronds simple, sometimes lobed to pinnatifid, venetion catadromous. Sori often immersed in the laminae, tubular to campanulate, involucre bilibiate or truncate to dilate, receptacles exserted

Derivation of name: Didymus: double, glossum: tong; some species have a bilabiate soral aperture

Worldwide: C. 30 species, pantropical distribution

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Didymoglossum erosum

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erosum (Willd.) J.P. RouxSDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Didymoglossum:

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Flora of Mozambique: Didymoglossum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Didymoglossum

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Didymoglossum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Didymoglossum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Didymoglossum
Wikipedia: Didymoglossum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Didymoglossum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Didymoglossum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Didymoglossum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2377, retrieved 28 March 2023

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