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Pellaea dura

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Identification
Pteridella holstii Hieron [family PTERIDACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt, B., Pellaea dura (Willd.) Hook. [family PTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Pteris dura
  • Pellaea holstii
  • Pteris doniana
  • Pellaea schweinfurthii
  • Pellaea dura
  • Pteris burkeana
  • Pteridella schweinfurthii
  • Pellaea doniana
  • Pteridella doniana
  • Pteridella holstii

Flora

Entry for PELLAEA dura (Willd.) Hook. [family ADIANTACEAE]
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, (2002) Author: BERNARD VERDCOURT
Names
PELLAEA dura (Willd.) Hook. [family ADIANTACEAE], Sp. Fil. 2: 139 (1858); Hieron. in V.E. 2: 38 (1908); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 198, t. 90 (1915); Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 5 (1): 159 (1958); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 78 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 132 (1970) & C.F.A., Pterid.: 108 (1977); Schelpe & M.C. Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 134 (1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 273, fig. 196 (1983); N.C. Anthony in Contr. Bolus Herb. 11: 237, t. 49, 50a–c, fig. 59 (1984); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 143, fig. 46/2 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 170, t. 28/1, fig. 41/171 (1990). Type: Réunion, Bory de St. Vincent s.n. (B-W 19982, holo.)
Information
Rhizome shortly creeping or ascending with pale chestnut linear-lanceolate scales 3–7 mm long with fine hair tips. Fronds 3–15, tufted, 7–50 cm tall; stipe almost black, 4–15 cm long with dense short stiff hairs on upper face; lamina ± oblong in outline, 4–25 cm long, 3.5–11 cm wide, simply pinnate, bipinnate or only basal 1–3 pinnae 3-pinnulate; pinnae in 3–10(–22) pairs; pinnules coriaceous, elliptic to oblong or lanceolate, 1–7.5(–9) cm long, 0.3–2.5 cm wide, rounded to cordate at the base, glabrous to densely brown pilose on one or both faces; venation strongly anastomosing but invisible within the thick tissue without clearing; lowermost stalklets up to 10 mm, others short 1–2 mm. Sori and indusium continuous.

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