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Pteris microdonta

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Identification
Pteris microdonta Gaudich. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Pteris vittata L. [family ADIANTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 98, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Pteris tenuifolia Brack. [family ADIANTACEAE], U.S. Explor. Exped. 16: 112 (1854). Type from Tonga Is.
Pteris vulcanica Bertol. [family ADIANTACEAE], Misc. Bot. 18: 21 (1858). Type from Italy.
Pycnodoria vittata L. Small [family ADIANTACEAE], Ferns S. E. States: 102, 468 (1938). Type as for Pteris vittata.
Pteris vittata L. [family ADIANTACEAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 1074 (1753).—Tardieu in Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, 28: 69, t. 10 fig. 1–2 (1953); Fl. Madag., Polypod. 1: 85 (1958). Type from China.
Polypodium trapezoides Burm. f. [family ADIANTACEAE], Fl. Ind.: t. 66 fig. 2 (1768). Type from Java.
Pteris obliqua Forsk. [family ADIANTACEAE], Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: CXXIV, 185 (1775). Type from Yemen.
Pteris lanceolata Desf. [family ADIANTACEAE], Fl. Atlant. 2: 401 (1800). Type from Algeria.
Pteris ensifolia Poir. [family ADIANTACEAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot. 5: 711 (1804). Type from Spain.
Pteris diversifolia Sw. [family ADIANTACEAE], Syn. Fil.: 96, 288 (1806) mm. illegit. Type from Java.
Pteris costata Bory ex Willd. [family ADIANTACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 367 (1810). Type from Mauritius.
Pteris inaequilateralis Poir. [family ADIANTACEAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 4: 601 (1816). Type from Réunion.
Pteris aequalis C. Presl [family ADIANTACEAE], Reliq. Haenk.: 54 (1827). Type probably from Philippine Is.
Pteris alpinii Desv. [family ADIANTACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Linn. Par. 6, 2: 295 (1827). Type from the Orient.
Pteris acuminatissima Bl. [family ADIANTACEAE], Enum. Pl. Jav. 2: 208 (1828). Type from Java.
Pteris microdonta Gaudich. [family ADIANTACEAE], in Freyc., Voy., Bot.: 387 (1829). Type from Timor.
Pteris guichenotiana Gaudich. [family ADIANTACEAE], loc. cit. Type from the Moluccas.
Information
Rhizome up to 8 mm. in diam., creeping, with fronds spaced up to 1 cm. apart and with linear-lanceolate attenuate pale-brown rhizome scales. Stipe up to 12 cm. long, pale-brown, terete, glabrous for most of its length but with numerous scales similar to those on the rhizome about the base. Frond erect to arching, firmly membranous. Lamina up to 115 x 40 cm., elliptic-oblong in outline, simply pinnate, tapering towards the base; pinnae up to 16x 1.4 cm., linear-attenuate, glabrous, sterile margins minutely crenate, lower pinnae petiolate, the upper sessile; veins free; rhachis pale-brown, glabrous, sulcate ventrally. Sori in submarginal lines with paraphyses extending for most of the length of the fertile pinnae; indusium membranous, subentire.
Habitat
Rock crevices in shade
Range
Widespread in the warmer regions of the Old World
Altitude range
150–750m.
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150
Distribution
Mozambique M Marracuene, Bobole, 15.xii.1944, Mendonça 3424 (BM; LISC).Mozambique GI Rio das Pedras, vii.1936, Gomes e Sousa 1787 (COI; K).Mozambique MS Cheringoma, Inhaminga, 19.x.1942, Mendonça 1451 (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe E Umtali Commonage, 12.iv.1950, Chase 3148 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe W near Bulawayo, v.1904, Eyles 66 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Salisbury Distr., 28.8 km. NE. of Salisbury, vii.1955, Mitchell 5 (BOL).Zambia C Mt. Makulu, 15.iv.1956, Robinson 1489 (K; SRGH).Zambia S near Mumbwa, 1911, Macaulay 9 (K).Malawi S near Lake Chilwa, iv.1859, Kirk (K).Mozambique T Massanga, 27.x.1947, Barbosa 580 (LMA).Zimbabwe N Mazoe Dam, 24.v.1934, Gilliland 203 (BM; SRGH).Zambia W near Solwezi Boma, 12.ix.1952, Angus 420 (BM; BOL; K).

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