Pellaea longipilosaBonap. [family SINOPTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burrows, J.E.,
Related name
Pellaea longipilosa
Flora
Entry for PELLAEA longipilosa Bonap. [family ADIANTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PELLAEA longipilosaBonap. [family ADIANTACEAE], (1924). Fig. 6 C, D.
Information
Leaf-blade narrowly oblong to lanceolate in outline, up to 39 x 12 cm, 1–2-pinnate; pinnae linear to lanceolate or narrowly ovate, entire, cordate at the base, articulated at the apex of the petiolule, ± densely pilose (in Somalia) or glabrous; veins free; rhachis and up to 25 cm long petiole dark brown to black, pubescent.
Range
S1 Ethiopia, Sudan and southwards to Mozambique.
Altitude range
250 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 7101; Paoli 1236.
Notes
First record for Somalia. The plants of the Somali collections have simply pinnate leaves.
