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| Synonyms: |
Ctenopteris villosissima (Hook.) W.J. Harley Grammitis villosissima (Hook.) Ching Polipodium villosissimum Hook. Xiphopteris villosissima (Hook.) Alston xiphopteris villosissima (Hook.) Alston var. laticelluta Benl |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome c. 1.5 mm in diameter, erect to shortly crreping, rhizome scales brown,linear and tapering to a fine point. Fronds tufted, deeply pinnatifid. Stipe brown, up to 3.5 cm long, covered with long, stiff, reddish-brown hairs up to 3 mm long. Lamina oblong to oblong-lanceolate in outline, abruptly decrescent below, pinnatifid almost to the midrib. Pinnae up to 7 mm long, oblong in outline, margin entire, covered on both surfaces with long, stiff, reddish-brown hairs up to 3 mm long, veins and midrib obscure. Sori submarginal, up to 8 per lobe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Epiphyte on mossy upper branches of Widdringtonia on Mt. Mulanje. |
| Altitude range: | 1890 m (approx) |
| Worldwide distribution: | Bioko, Cameroon, Coté d' Ivoire, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Sao Tomé, Tanzania. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte, lithophyte. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| 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. As Grammitis villosissimum (Hook.) J.E.Burrows 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 Page 166. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 142. As Xiphopteris villosissima (Hook.) Alston |
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