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Asplenium resectum

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Identification
Asplenium excisum C.Presl [family ASPLENIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brownsey, P.J., 1996 Asplenium resectum Sm. [family ASPLENIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Asplenium excisum
  • Asplenium laetum
  • Asplenium indet.
  • Asplenium resectum

Flora

Entry for Asplenium unilaterale Lam. [family ASPLENIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 167, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Asplenium unilaterale Lam. [family ASPLENIACEAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 305 (1786).—Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 152, t. 54 (1915).—Tardieu in Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, 28: 191, t. 37 fig. 1–2 (1953); Fl. Camér. 3, Ptérid.: 197, t. 29 fig. 1–2 (1964). Type from Mauritius.
Asplenium resectum Sm. [family ASPLENIACEAE], Pl. Icon. 3: t. 72 (1794). Type from Réunion.
Asplenium emarginato-dentatum Zenker ex Kunze [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Linnaea, 24: 263 (1851). Type from India.
Asplenium amoenum C. Presl ex Mett. [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 3: 175 (1859) reimpr. in Mett., Famgatt. 6: 131, n. 101 (1859). Type from India.
Information
Rhizome 2 mm. in diam., creeping, with fronds spaced 1.5 cm. apart, with dark brown clathrate lanceolate entire rhizome-scales up to 2 mm. long. Frond erect, herbaceous. Stipe atrocastaneous, glabrous, shining, up to 13 cm. long. Lamina 23.5 x 8 cm. simply pinnate, narrowly oblong in outline with lowest pinnae not reduced, apex attenuate. Pinnae up to 4 x 1 cm., 12–20 pairs, rhombic, dimidiate for about 1/2 of their length, acute-serrate on the acroscopic margin, often doubly serrate towards the apex, glabrous on both surfaces, petiolate. Rhachis atrocastaneous, shiny, glabrous. Sori c. 3 mm. long, oblong to very narrowly oblong, set at an angle of about 30º to the costa in the upper 1/2 of the pinna; indusium narrowly oblong, membranous, entire.
Habitat
Lithophytic in deep shade on wet rocks in forest
Altitude range
c. 1200 m.
1200
1200
Distribution
Malawi S Cholo Mt., 23.ix.1946, Brass 17755 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Melsetter Distr., Chipinga, Mt. Selinda, 27.viii.1951, Taylor 3380 (BOL).
Distribution (external)
tropical Africa
Mascarene Is

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