153.000 Pteridium Gled. ex Scop.

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

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca

Description of the genus

Rhizome creeping. Fronds stiff, hard. Stipe with a felt of hairs just below ground-level. Lamina 3-4-pinnate, the lower surface subglabrous to densely tomentose. Sori linear, submarginal, with an outer pseudoindusium formed by the reflexed leaf margin and an inner indusium which may be reduced.

Derivation of name: Pteridium: small fern

Worldwide: 1 cosmopolitan species

Malawi: 2 taxa.

Pteridium aquilinum subsp. capense

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
aquilinum (L.) Kuhn subsp. capense (Thunb.) C.Chr.N,C,SDescription, Image
aquilinum (L.) Kuhn subsp. centrali-africanum Hieron. ex R.E.Fr.N,C,SDescription, Image

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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pteridium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pteridium

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: Pteridium.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=37, retrieved 1 April 2023

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