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Lindsaea ensifolia

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Identification
Lindsaea membranacea Kunze [family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE ] Verified by Kramer, K.U., Lindsaea ensifolia Sw. [family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Pteris stricta
  • Lindsaya ensifolia
  • Lindsaea sublobata
  • Schizolegnia ensifolia
  • Lindsaea ensifolia
  • Lindsaea membranacea
  • Lindsaya membranacea
  • Lindsaea oligoptera
  • Schizoloma agatii
  • Pteris angulata

Flora

Entry for LINDSAEA ensifolia Sw. [family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE]
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, (1999) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
LINDSAEA ensifolia Sw. [family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE], J. Bot. (Schrad.) 1800 (2): 77 (1801); Kuhn, Fil. Afr.: 67 (1868); Baker, Fl. Maurit. & Seych.: 472 (1877); Schelpe in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 35: 134 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 139, t. 43 (1970); Kramer in Fl. Males. ser. II, 1: 211 (1971) & in B.J.B.B. 42: 328 (1972); Schelpe & Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 141(1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 294, figs. 210/a–b (1983); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 151, fig. 48/1, map 127 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 182, t. 29/4, fig. 38/182, map (1990). Type: Mauritius, collectors not known (S-PA, holo.)
Information
Rhizome creeping underground ( fide Wingfield), 1–2.5(–3) mm diameter; scales pale to dark reddish brown, lanceolate to triangular, up to 2.5 mm long and to 5-seriate at the base. Fronds spaced, 70–90 cm tall in East Africa; stipes brown and shiny, 10–36 cm long; lamina very variable, if simple then linear or lanceolate up to 10 cm long and 0.3–1 cm or 1.5–3 cm wide, if pinnate 15–48 cm long and up to 22 cm wide; pinnae in 2–8(–12) pairs, linear to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 10–22 cm long, 0.4–2.5 cm wide, broadly to narrowly cuneate at base and ± symmetrical. Sori continuous, with pale brown linear indusium 0.3–0.5 mm wide.

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