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Ceratopteris thalictroides

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Name

Identification
Acrostichum siliquosum L. [family PTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brogn. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen,
Related name
  • Acrostichum indet.
  • Acrostichum siliquosum
  • Acrostichum thalictroides
  • Ceratopteris thalictroides
  • Ceratopteris gaudichaudii
Common name
  • koagifue (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • εkεtәkεtuma (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for CERATOPTERIS thalictroides (L.) Brogn. [family PARKERIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CERATOPTERIS thalictroides (L.) Brogn. [family PARKERIACEAE], (1821).
Information
Sterile leaf-blade up to 20 x 7 cm, usually twice pinnatifid into triangular or lanceolate lobes, glabrous; fertile leaf-blade up to 24 x 12 cm, usually 3 times pinnatifid into linear lobes up to 1.5 mm wide; petiole up to 16 cm long, succulent, brittle.
Range
S1 widespread in tropical Africa and Asia.
Distribution
SOMALIA Ruspoli & Riva 211.
Notes
The single specimen known from Somalia is from near Baardheere. It has been believed to be lost (Pichi-Sermolli in Adumbr. 5: 648, 1957), but is still extant in FT.

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