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Vittaria ensiformis

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Name

Identification
Vittaria plantaginea Bory [family PTERIDACEAE ] Vittaria ensiformis Swartz [family PTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Vittaria ensiformis
  • Vittaria sessilis
  • Vittaria plantaginea

Flora

Entry for VITTARIA ensiformis Sw. [family VITTARIACEAE]
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, (1999) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
VITTARIA ensiformis Sw. [family VITTARIACEAE], in Ges. Nat. Fr. Berl., Neue Schr. 2: 134, t. 7/1 (1799); C. Chr. in Dansk Bot. Arkiv. 7: 143, t. 55/3 (1932); Holttum, Ferns Malaya: 613, fig. 359/a–e (1955, 1968); Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 5(1): 179 (1958); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 21 (1969); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 111, t. 16/6, fig. 111, map (1990). Type: Mauritius, Sonnerat (?S, holo.)
VITTARIA plantaginea Bory [family VITTARIACEAE], Voy. Quatre Princ. Iles 2: 325 (1804); F.D.-O.A.: 51 (1929). Type: Réunion, Bory de St. Vincent (P, holo., B-WILLD, ? iso., microfiche!, K!, iso.)
Oetosis ensiformis (Sw.) Greene [family ], in Pittonia 4: 106 (1900)
Vittaria tenera [family VITTARIACEAE], [sensu Peter, F.D.-O.A.: 51 (1929), non Fée]
Information
Epiphyte; rhizome shortly creeping with ovate-lanceolate acuminate usually entire scales 0.4–1 cm long formed of cells with thick blackish brown walls; apices with hair-like projection. Fronds tufted, erect, sessile; lamina linear, 3.5–40 cm long, (3–)5–8 mm wide, gradually narrowed at both ends, green at base, the costa scarcely apparent. Sori submarginal; paraphyses funnel-shaped, twice as long as broad; spores bilateral, reniform, monolete with laesura half their length, smooth.
Range
DISTR. T 3, 6
Altitude range
900–1900 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Lushoto District E Usambaras Mts, Amani, 18 Apr. 1968, Renvoize & Abdallah 1589! & Amani, 14 Sept. 1929, Glynne 225! & Mt Bomole, 28 June 1980, Faden 70/279!;TANZANIA Kilosa District Ukaguru Mts, 3–5 km WNW of Mandege Forest Station, Matandu Mt, 5 June 1978, Thulin & Mhoro 2960!
Distribution (external)
; E Zimbabwe (fide Burrows)
Madagascar
Mascarene Is
Malaya
Java

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