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| Synonyms: |
Grammitis cultrata (Bory ex Willd.) Proctor Polypodium cultratum Bory ex Willd. Polypodium cultratum Bory ex Willd. var. elasticum (Bory ex Willd.) Baker Polypodium elasticum Bory ex Willd. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome erect or very shortly creeping, c. 1 mm in diameter; rhizome scales up to 1 mm long, pale brown, hairlike. Fronds tufted, membranous, pinnatifid almost to the midrib. Stipes c. 1 mm long, dark brown, with pale brown to patent hairs c. 1.0 mm long. Laminae c. 8 × 1.2 cm, linear-oblong in outline, long tapering at base, deeply pinnatifid into oblong, entire, rounded to acute lobes, up to 7 mm long, thinly set with soft pale hairs up to 1 mm long. Sori up to 7 per lobe; sporangia sometimes covered with stout rigid bristles. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Bioko, Cameroon, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 89. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 109. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 165 - 166. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 143. As Xiphopteris cultrata (Bory ex Willd.) Schelpe |
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