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Pteris farinosa

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Name

Identification
Pteris farinosa Forssk. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Cheilanthes farinosa (Forssk.) Kaulf. [family PTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cheilanthes farinosa
  • Pteris farinosa

Flora

Entry for CHEILANTHES farinosa (Forssk.) Kaulf. [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
CHEILANTHES farinosa (Forssk.) Kaulf. [family ADIANTACEAE], (1824);
Pteris farinosa Forssk. [family ], (1775). [type as above]
Information
Rhizome scales dark brown. Leaf-blade oblong-acuminate, 2–3-pinnate-pinnatifid, 12–25(–40) x 6–10(–18) cm, dark green above, covered with whitish powder beneath; petiole about half as long as leaf-blade, reddish brown, glabrous or with ± few scales below. Sori c. 1 mm in diam., pale brown, closely set along the margins of the pinna segments.
Range
N2 widespread in tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, tropical Asia.
Altitude range
1300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hildebrandt 1488 (B).
Notes
Apparently first record for Somalia of this widespread species, although Hildebrandt 1488 was collected already in 1875. Wieland 4713, a poor specimen from C1, 100 m, may also belong here. In the white powdery lower surface of the leaf-blades C. farinosa resembles Negripteris scioana, but differs by its pale brown sporangia (in N. scioana dark brown or black), and petiole with few scales near the base only (not scaly throughout).

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