Asplenium monanthes L.

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Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province

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Synonyms:	Asplenium monanthemum L. Asplenium monanthes L. var. triangularipinnatum Bonap. Asplenium repente Desv.
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Description:	Rhizome erect to suberect, ± 3 mm diameter; scales black, lanceolate, subentire, up to 6 mm long. Fronds uniform, tufted, proliferous, gemmae on the upper half of stipe. Stipe up to 11 cm, dark brown to almost black,with scattered scales when young, glabrous at maturity. Lamina 15-45 cm × 2-2.7 cm, pinnate, linear-oblong in outline. Pinnae hairless, acroscopic margin and apex toothed, basiscopic margin entire with the costa running near the basiscopic margin. Rhachis black. Sori one (occasionally two), elongate-linear to oval, situated near the costa, indusium entire.
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Derivation of specific name:	monanthes: ´one flower`, this fern has a single sorus per pinna.
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Worldwide distribution:	Bioko, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascan region
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 226. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 92. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 27. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 610 - 611. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 25. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 342 - 343. (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 5. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 168. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 91. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 175. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78.

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