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Cheilanthes viridis

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Name

Identification
Cheilanthes hastata Not on sheet. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Verified by Anthony, N.C., Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw. [family PTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Cheilanthes viridis
  • Cheilanthes macrophylla
  • Pteris adiantoides
  • Pellaea viridis
  • Cheilanthes involuta
  • Cheilanthes hastata

Flora

Entry for PELLAEA viridis (Forssk.) Prantl [family ADIANTACEAE]
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
PELLAEA viridis (Forssk.) Prantl [family ADIANTACEAE], (1882);
Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw. [family ADIANTACEAE], (1806). [type as above]
Information
Leaf-blade broadly linear to lanceolate or broadly triangular-pentagonal in outline, up to 50 x 24 cm, 2-pinnatifid to 3-pinnate; pinnules narrowly oblong, lanceolate or ovate, crenulate, not articulated at the apex of the petiolule, glabrous or somewhat hairy; veins free; rhachis and up to 40 cm long petiole dark brown or black, glabrous or pubescent.
Range
N1 widespread in eastern and southern tropical Africa
Altitude range
c. 1650 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Wood S/73/124; Lort Phillips s.n.
Distribution (external)
Madagascar
Arabia
India

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