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Nephrolepis biserrata

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Identification
Nephrolepis biserrata Not on sheet. [family NEPHROLEPIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott [family NEPHROLEPIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Aspidium rufescens
  • Aspidium punctulatum
  • Tectaria fraxinea
  • Aspidium biserratum
  • Nephrolepis hirsutula
  • Aspidium unrecorded
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  • Aspidium paludosum
  • Nephrodium timoriense
  • Nephrolepis mollis
  • Nephrolepis exaltata
  • Aspidium bifidum
  • Nephrolepis punctulata
  • Hypopeltis palmoides
  • Nephrolepis dayakorum
  • Nephrolepis guineensis
  • Nephrolepis biserrata
  • Aspidium guineense
  • Polypodium punctulatum
  • Nephrolepis acuta

Flora

Entry for NEPHROLEPIS biserrata (Sw.) Schott [family OLEANDRACEAE]
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, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
NEPHROLEPIS biserrata (Sw.) Schott [family OLEANDRACEAE], Gen. Fil.: t. 3 (1834); Hieron. in E.J. 28: 342 (1900) & in V.E. 2: 19, fig. 15 (1908); Sim, Ferns S. Afr., ed. 2: 125, t. 35 (1915); F.D.-O.A.: 64 (1929); Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 154 (1953) & Fl. Madag. 5 (1): 60 (1958); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 50 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3, Ptérid.: 110, t. 7/11–12 (1964) & Fl. Gabon 8, Ptérid.: 86, t. 9/11–12 (1964); Schelpe, F.Z., Pterid.: 160 (1970) & Expl. Hydrobiol. Bassin L. Bangweolo & Luapula 8 (3) Ptérid.: 68 (1973) & C.F.A., Pterid.: 125 (1977); Schelpe & M.A. Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 164, t. 12 (1979); Kornaś, Distr. Ecol. Pterid. Zambia: 116, fig. 78a (1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 321, fig. 234, map 101 (1983); Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 55: 187, fig. 9 (1985); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 167, fig. 52, map 144 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 204, t. 33/6, fig. 47/207 (1990); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 25 (1994); G.H. Bell in Fl. Austral. 48: 445, fig. 143/m–n (1998). Type: Mauritius, Gröndal (S, holo.)
Polypodium auriculatum L. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 1088 (1753). Type: Sri Lanka, Herb. Hermann 1: 39, no. 383 (BM!, lecto.) chosen by Trimen, nom. rej. (see p. 2)
Aspidium biserratum Sw. [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], in J. Bot. (Schrad.) 1800 (2): 32 (1801)
Aspidium acutum Schkuhr [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1: 32, t. 31 (1806). Type: locality unknown, ex Herb. Breyne (? HAL)
Nephrodium biserratum (Sw.) C. Presl [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Reliq. Haenk. 1: 31 (1825)
Nephrodium acutum (Schkuhr) C. Presl [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Reliq. Haenk. 1: 31 (1825)
Aspidium guineense Schumach. [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 455 (1827) & in K. Danske Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. 4: 229 (1829); Hepper, W. Afr. Herb. Isert & Thonning: 161 (1976). Type: Ghana, Akwapim [Aquapim], Thonning (C, syn.)
Hypopeltis biserrata (Sw.) Bory [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Bélanger Voy. Bot. 2: 65 (1833)
Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C. Presl [family OLEANDRACEAE], Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836) & in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 4, 5: 79 (1837); Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil.: 301 (1867)
Lepidoneuron biserratum (Sw.) Fée [family OLEANDRACEAE], Mém. Foug. 5: 301 (1852)
Nephrolepis punctulata Kuhn var. hirsuta [family OLEANDRACEAE], Fil. Afr: 156 (1868). Type as for Aspidium guineense
Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen [family OLEANDRACEAE], in J.L.S. 24: 152 (1888); S.B. Andrews, Ferns Queensl.: 248 (1990)
Nephrolepis caudata H. Christ [family OLEANDRACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 27 (1909). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Eala, Pynaert 1027 (BR, holo.)
Information
Rhizome erect. Fronds tufted, suberect to arching, up to 2.8 m tall; stipe pale brown, up to 22(–70) cm long, with narrowly lanceolate pale brown scales up to 2 mm long when young, becoming subglabrous with age; lamina up to 60 cm long, 24 cm wide, pinnate, narrowly elliptic in outline, acute with lower pinnae only slightly reduced; pinnae shortly petiolate, up to 36 pairs, narrow, linear-oblong, 2.5–25 cm long, 0.6–3 cm wide, attenuate, crenate with broadly cuneate or truncate base, thinly pilose with minute white hairs on both surfaces when young, becoming glabrous with age; submarginal hydathodes present but not conspicuous; rhachis pale brown, thinly pilose with minute white hairs and with scattered very narrowly lanceolate pale brown scales. Sori circular, ± 1 mm in diameter, discrete, ± 4 mm apart in a line 2/3 the distance from the costa to the margin on either side of the costa, opening outwards at right angles to the veins; indusium ± 0.6 mm in diameter, membranous, entire.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 3, 7; T 1–3, 6–8; Z; P throughout tropical and Southern Africa, pantropical
Altitude range
0–1500 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District S Kibale Forest, 16 Dec. 1938, M.V. Loveridge 259!KENYA Elgon, Dec. 1933, Chater-Jack 25 in C.M. 5848!TANZANIA Mbulu District Lake Manyara National Park, 4 Nov. 1963, Greenway & Kirrika 10966!UGANDA Masaka District Sese Is., Bukasa, 1 July 1935, A.S. Thomas 1365!UGANDA Mengo District Kyewaga Forest, 15 Sept. 1949, Dawkins 376!KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Mkongani Forest, 27 Mar. 1968, Magogo & Glover 518! & Pengo Forest, 11 Feb. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1221!TANZANIA Lushoto District E Usambaras, Nderema, 5 Mar. 1950, Verdcourt 98!TANZANIA Ulanga District Kilombero, Chita Forest Reserve, 19 Oct. 1984, D.W. Thomas 3974!TANZANIA Pemba Pandani–Kinazini, 19 Feb. 1929, Greenway 1506!
Notes
Some specimens have been cultivated under the name N. biserrata var. furcans Hort. but I am certainly not clear to which species some of these horticultural monstrosities belong.

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