Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham
subsp. ecklonii (Kunze) J.P.Roux

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Pleopeltis polypodioides subsp. ecklonii

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Great enclosure, Great Zimbabwe

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Blue mountain road/turnoff to Ardroy guest house, Vumba

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Mount Buchwa, area close to tunnel

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Synonyms:	Polypodium ecklonii Kunze Polypodium incanum sensu Sim Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Watt subsp. ecklonii (Kunze) Schelpe Polypodium polypodioides sensu Sim
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Description:	Rhizome long creeping, slender, C. 2 mm in diameter; rhizome scales dark brown, lanceolate, entire, appressed, c. 3mm long, with a dark area at the base. Fronds spaced apart. Stipe up to 13 cm long; scales on stipe ovate, dark brown with pale margins, appressed. Lamina up to 21 × 6.5 cm, oblong-deltate in outline, pinate to pinnatifid to near the midrib; lobes linear to narrowly oblong, entire, base broadly adnate, apex rounded. Upper surface glabrous, lower surface set with round to broadly lanceolate, entire, peltate scales, c. 0.5 mm, grey to pale creamy brown with a dark centre. Veins obscure, anastomising or free with terminal hydathodes. Sori round to oval, up to 12 per lobe, up to 1.5 mm in diameter, submarginal but protuding beyond the margin at maturity, exindusiate, without paraphyses.
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Derivation of specific name:	polypodioides: like Polypodium, ecklonii: named after C.F. Ecklon (1795-1868), a botanist whom collected in the Cape in South Africa during the 1830s
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Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
Growth form(s):	Epiphyte, lithophyte.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 194 - 195. As Polypodium polypodioides subsp. ecklonii (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 91. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 45. As Polypodium polypodioides ecklonii Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 566 - 567. (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 13. As Polypodium polypodioides subsp. ecklonii Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 318 - 319. As Polypodium polypodioides subsp. ecklonii (Includes a picture). 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 9. As Polypodium polypodioides subsp. ecklonii Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Pages 102 - 103. As Polypodium polypodioides subsp. ecklonii Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 163. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 158 - 159. As Polypodium polypodioides subsp. ecklonii

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