| Home | > | List of families | > | Polypodiaceae | > | Loxogramme |
167.600 Loxogramme
Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature
Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.
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 widely creeping, slender, roots hairy; rhizome scales greyish, narrowly lanceolate-acuminate and hair-pointed. Fronds spaced apart, simple, thickly coracious, lanceolate, apex pointed. Stipe up to 3 cm long or pseudo-stipe in form of a narrow, winged extension of the lamina. Lamina entire, glabrous, with sunken midrib and obscure veins. Sori elongate, linear, set at an angle of c. 15% to the midrib, without paraphyses. Derivation of name: loxos: oblique, gramma: line; referring to the line of obliquely set sori on each side of the midrib. Worldwide: c. 25 species, tropical and warm temperate distribution with the largest concentration of species in Asia Malawi: 1 taxon. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (Baker) M.G. Price | N,C,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Loxogramme:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: LoxogrammeFlora of Zambia: Loxogramme
Flora of Zimbabwe: Loxogramme
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): LoxogrammeFlora Zambesiaca web site: Loxogramme
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Loxogramme
Wikipedia: Loxogramme
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Loxogramme
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Loxogramme
| Home | > | List of families | > | Polypodiaceae | > | Loxogramme |