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Pellaea pectiniformis

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Name

Identification
Pellaea pectiniformis Baker [family SINOPTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burrows, J.E.,
Related name
  • Pellaea goudotii
  • Pellaea pectiniformis
  • Pellaea doniana

Flora

Entry for PELLAEA pectiniformis Bak. [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 pectiniformis Bak. [family ADIANTACEAE], in Bak. & Hook., Syn. Fil., ed. 2: 147 (1874); Pic. Serm. in Webbia 23: 187 (1968); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 77(1969) & in F.Z., Pterid.: 128 (1970) & C.F.A., Pterid.: 104 (1977); Schelpe & Diniz, Fl. Mozamb. Pterid.: 13 (1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 270, t. 192 (1983); N.C. Anthony in Contr. Bolus Herb. 11: 247 (1984); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 145, fig. 46/1 (1986); Schippers in Fern Gaz. 14: 181 (1993). Type: Angola, Serra de Oiahoia, Welwitsch 191 (K!, lecto., BM!, LISU, isolecto.)
Pteris pectiniformis Kuhn [family ], Fil. Afr.: 87 (1868), non Goldm. (1843), nom. illegit .
Pteridella pectiniformis (Kuhn) Kuhn [family ADIANTACEAE], in von der Decken, Reisen Ost Afr. 3, 3 Bot.: 13 (1879)
Allosorus pectiniformis (Kuhn) O. Kuntze [family ADIANTACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891)
Pellaea goudotii C. Chr. [family ADIANTACEAE], Ind. Fil.: 480 (1906); Hieron. in V.E. 2: 38 (1908); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 200, t. 90 (1915); F.D.-O.A.: 37 (1929) pro parte; Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 92 (1953) & in Fl. Madag. 5 (1): 155, t. 22/3 (1958) & Fl. Gabon 8: 103, t. 16/3 (1964), nom. nov . Type as for Pellaea pectiniformis
Information
Rhizome shortly creeping with linear-lanceolate chestnut scales 3–5 mm long. Fronds closely spaced or appearing ± tufted, few to ± 10, 25–50 cm tall; stipe dark purplish brown, 7–25 cm long, appressed pubescent and with very narrow pale brown scales; lamina narrowly oblong to narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 14–30 cm long, 3–9 cm wide, simply pinnate; pinnae coriaceous, 25–45 on each side of rhachis, linear to linear-oblong, 1.2–5 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, ± rounded at apex, cordate at the base, glabrous above, hairy on midrib beneath; rhachis with hairs and scales similar to the stipe; stalks blackish, articulated at apex, hairy; veins free, obscure. Sori and indusium continuous.
Range
DISTR. T 1 (fide Schippers), 4–6 (fide Peter) 7, 8
Altitude range
750–1950 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Kigoma District Uvinza–Mpanda road, 42 km, 23 Nov. 1962, Verdcourt 3438!TANZANIA Mpwapwa District N Mpwapwa, 20 Aug. 1930, Greenway 2438!;TANZANIA Tunduru District just E of Songea District boundary, 5 June 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 10576!
Distribution (external)
; Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Burundi
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Namibia
South Africa
also Madagascar
the Comoro Is

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