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Ctenopteris elastica

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Name

Identification
Ctenopteris elastica (Willd.) Copel. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ] (stored under name); Verified by Rakotondrainibe, F., Isotype of Polypodium elasticum Willd. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ]
Related name
  • Polypodium elasticum
  • Ctenopteris elastica

Flora

Entry for Xiphopteris cultrata Bory ex Willd. Schelpe [family GRAMMITIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 141, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Ctenopteris cultrata Bory ex Willd. Copel. [family GRAMMITIDACEAE], Gen. Fil.: 219 (1947). Type as for Xiphopteris cultrata.
Xiphopteris elastica Bory ex Willd. Alston [family GRAMMITIDACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 30: 26 (1956). Type as for Polypodium elasticum.
Xiphopteris cultrata Bory ex Willd. Schelpe [family GRAMMITIDACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 41: 217 (1967). Type from Jamaica.
Polypodium cultratum Bory ex Willd. [family GRAMMITIDACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 187 (1810). Type as above.
Polypodium elasticum Bory ex Willd. [family GRAMMITIDACEAE], in L., tom. cit.: 183 (1810). Type from Réunion.
Polypodium cultratum var. elasticum Bory ex Willd. Bak. [family GRAMMITIDACEAE], Syn. Fil.: 327 (1874). Type from Réunion.
Ctenopteris elastica Bory ex Willd. Copel. [family GRAMMITIDACEAE], in Philipp. Journ. Sci. 84: 426 (1936). Type as for Polypodium elasticum.
Information
Rhizome c. 1 mm. in diam., erect or very shortly creeping, with tufted fronds and with numerous pale-brown hair-like scales up to 1 mm, long. Fronds membranous, pinnatifid almost to the midrib, stipitate. Stipes c. 1 mm. long, dark-brown, set with pale-brown patent hairs up to 1 mm. long. Lamina up to 8 x 1.2 cm., linear-oblong in outline, long-tapering below, pinnatifid almost to the midrib into oblong entire rounded to acute lobes up to 7 mm. long, thinly villous with soft pale hairs up to 1 mm. long; midrib black, veins obscure. Sori up to 7 per lobe; sporangia sometimes setose.
Distribution
Malawi S Shire, Kirk (K).
Distribution (external)
Central America
Cameroon
Seychelles
Madagascar
Mascarene Is.

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