198.100 Lomariopsis Fée

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

Climbing ferns. Rhizome long, winding, branched, fleshy; rhizome scales narrow to very broad, dark. Stipe not articulated. Fronds dimorphous, pinnate, with articulated pinnae, except for the terminal one. Sterila pinnae oblong to narrowly lanceolate, fertile pinnae narrowly linear and underside covered entirely with sporangia. Rhachises glabrous or scaly. Veins simple or forked, parallel, free, ending in or near the margin.

Derivation of name: Lomariopsis: similar to Lomaria (now Blechnum); reference to the position of the sori parallel to the pinna margin.

Worldwide: c. 45 species, pantropical distribution

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Burundi: Lomariopsis
Flora of the DRC: Lomariopsis
Flora of Mozambique: Lomariopsis
Flora of Rwanda: Lomariopsis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lomariopsis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lomariopsis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lomariopsis
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Tropicos: Lomariopsis
Wikipedia: Lomariopsis

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: Genus page: Lomariopsis.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=81, retrieved 6 December 2024

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