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Lomaria gigantea

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Identification
Lomaria gigantea Kaulf. [family BLECHNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by M. Kuhn,
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Flora

Entry for Blechnum attenuatum var. giganteum Kaulf. Bonap. [family BLECHNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 235, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Blechnum attenuatum var. giganteum Kaulf. Bonap. [family BLECHNACEAE], in Sarasin & Roux, Nova Caledonia, 1: 43 (1914). TyFe from S. Africa.
Lomaria heterophylla Desv. [family BLECHNACEAE], in Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. 5: 330 (1811). Type from S. Africa.
Lomaria gigantea Kaulf. [family BLECHNACEAE], Enum. Fil.: 150 (1824). Type as for Blechnum attenuatum var. giganteum.
Lomaria hamata Kaulf. [family BLECHNACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa.
Blechnum giganteum Kaulf. Schlechtend. [family BLECHNACEAE], Adumbr.: 36, t. 20 & 22 fig. 1 (1827). Type as for Blechnum attenuatum var. giganteum.
Blechnum heterophyllum Desv. Schlechtend. [family BLECHNACEAE], tom. cit.: 37 (1827). Type as for Lomaria heterophylla.
Lomaria decipiens Pappe & Raws. [family BLECHNACEAE], Syn. Fil. Afr. Austr.: 29 (1858). Type from S. Africa.
Habitat
Lithophytic or terrestrial in deep shade in forest
Altitude range
880–1770 m.
1770
880
Distribution
Mozambique MS Manica, Mavita, Rotanda, 26.x.1944, Mendonça 2669 (BM; LISC).Mozambique Z Namúli Mt., 26.vii.1962, Schelpe & Leach 7032 (BOL).Malawi S Mlanje Mt., Tuchila Plateau, 23.vii.1956, Newman & Whitmore 153 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., 26.ix.1906, Swynnerton 835a (K).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa

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