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Hymenophyllum sibthorpioides

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Identification
Hymenophyllum sibthorpioides (Bory ex Willd.) Mett. ex Kuhn [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burrows, J.E.,
Related name
  • Trichomanes purvulum
  • Trichomanes parvulum
  • Trichomanes unrecorded
  • Hymenophyllum palmatum
  • Trichomanes sibthorpioides
  • Trichomanes flabellatum
  • Hymenophyllum sibthorpioides
  • Trichomanes adianthinum

Flora

Entry for Hymenophyllum sibthorpioides (Willd.) Kuhn [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2008) Author: Henk Beentje
Names
Hymenophyllum sibthorpioides (Willd.) Kuhn [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE], Filic. Afric.: 41 (1868); Schelpe, F.Z. Pterid.: 79 (1970); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 94, fig. 95, t. 14/1, map (1990); J.P.Roux, Conspect. southern Afr. Pteridoph.: 43 (2001). Type: Reunion [Ins. Borboniae], Bory de St Vincent s.n. (P, holo., not found)
Trichomanes sibthorpioides Willd. [family ], Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 5: 498 (1810)
Information
Low epiphyte; rhizome creeping, filiform, glabrous or with a few brown hairs to 0.6 mm. Fronds spaced 0.8–2.5 cm apart; stipe filiform, 5–32 mm long, glabrous or with a few brown hairs to 0.6 mm, unwinged; lamina dark green, fan-shaped to almost circular in outline, 6–22 mm in diameter, flabellately and palmately divided into up to 30 lobes; ultimate segments linear, to 4x1.5 mm, margin entire; veins repeatedly dichotomously branched; glabrous or with a few brown hairs to 0.6 mm on lower veins. Sori at lobe apex, 1–2 mm long, 1–1.5 mm in diameter; indusial valves ovate, erose-dentate. Fig. 3.8–3.13, p. 10.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 3, 6, 7
Altitude range
850–1950 m
Distribution
KENYA Teita District Kasigau, June 1967, Napper et al. 2172! & idem, Rukanga route, Nov. 1994, Luke & Luke 4095D! & Mbololo forest, May 1985, Beentje et al. 974!TANZANIA Tanga District E Usambara, Mlinga, July 1932, Greenway 3007!TANZANIA Morogoro District Nguru Mts near Maskati Mission, Mabega Mt, June 1978, Thulin & Mhoro 3045!TANZANIA Iringa District Udzungwa Mts, Mwanihana Forest reserve, Oct. 1984, D.Thomas 3865!
Distribution (external)
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Madagascar
Comoro Islands
Mascarene Islands
Notes
USES. None recorded. CONSERVATION Widespread; least concern.

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