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Microgramma lycopodioides

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Microgramma lycopodioides (L.) Copel. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ]
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Entry for MICROGRAMMA lycopodioides (L.) Copel. [family POLYPODIACEAE]
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, (2001) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
MICROGRAMMA lycopodioides (L.) Copel. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Gen. Fil.: 185 (1947); Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 220, t. 44/1 (1953); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 100 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 155, t. 48/c (1970) & C.F.A., Pterid.:120, t. 20/b (1977); Kornaś, Distr. Ecol. Pterid. Zambia: 78, fig. 47b (1979); Schelpe & M.A. Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 157 (1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 311, fig. 226, map 96 (1983); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 162, fig. 50/2, map 139 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 198, t. 32/5, fig. 45/201–201b, map (1990). Lectotype: Central America, Herb. Linn. 1251/2 (LINN, lecto.)
Polypodium lycopodioides L. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 1082 (1753); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 279, t. 144, fig. 1 (1915); F.D.-O.A.: 29 (1929)
Polypodium mauritianum Willd. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 5: 150 (1810). Type: Mauritius, Bory s.n. (B-W 19606, holo., microfiche!)
Polypodium owariense Desv. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin 5: 314 (1811). Type: Nigeria, Warri [Oware], Palisot de Beauvois s.n. (P, holo.)
Polypodium myrtillifolium Kaulf. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Enum. Fil.: 89 (1824). Type: Madagascar, Petit Thouars s.n. (B-W 19605, ?holo., microfiche!)
Polypodium ligustrifolium Desv. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Linn., Paris 6 (2): 225 (1827). Type: Madagascar, no collector cited (? P, holo.)
Anapeltis lycopodoides (L.) J. Sm. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Cat. Cult. Ferns: 6 (1857)
Polypodium mackenii Baker [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil.: 357 (1867). Type: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, McKen 22 (K!, holo.)
Polypodium lycopodioides (Baker) Sim var. mackenii [family POLYPODIACEAE], Ferns S. Afr.: 203 (1892) & ed. 2: 280, t. 144, fig. 2 (1915)
Polypodium anguinum Peter [family POLYPODIACEAE], F.D.-O.A.: 29, & Descr.: 3, t. 1/10 (1929). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District, W Usambaras, Umba Steppe towards Ngulumi near Mashewa, Peter 13768 & 16641 (B, syn., K!, isosyn.) & Udigo, near Amboni, Ukereni Hill, Peter 24119 (B, syn.)
Polypodium lycopodioides (Kaulf.) C. Chr. var. myrtillifolium [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Dansk Bot. Arkiv 7: 157 (1932)
Microgramma owariensis (Desv.) Alston [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Bot. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 30: 20 (1956) & in Ferns W.T.A.: 49: (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Gabon 8, Ptérid.: 206, t. 33/7 (1964) & Fl. Cameroun 3, Ptérid.: 348, t. 55/6 (1964)
Microgramma mauritiana (Willd.) Tardieu [family POLYPODIACEAE], Fl. Madag. 5 (2): 108, t. 24/6–8 (1960)
Anapeltis lycopodioides (Desv.) Ben var. owariensis [family POLYPODIACEAE], l, Pterid. Fernando Po, Acta Bot. Barcinon. 33: 18 (1982)
Information
Rhizome up to 5 mm in diameter, widely creeping, often hanging down in streamers, with fronds spaced 1 cm or more apart and with lanceolate, subulate-­tipped, entire pale brown rhizome-scales up to 6(–8) mm long, turning grey with age and the tips breaking off. Fronds simple, stipitate, sometimes somewhat dimorphic, with the fertile fronds longer and narrower than the sterile fronds; stipe up to 1.5(–2.5) cm long; lamina up to 15(–17) cm long, 2.2(–4.5) cm wide, narrowly oblong to elliptic, entire, acute, obtuse or caudate, decurrent at the base; midrib pale, prominent below, the venation mostly obscure. Sori 2–2.5 mm in diameter, circular, in a line on either side of the midrib about halfway between the midrib and the margin. Fig. 10 (p. 30).
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 7; T 3, 6, 8; Z
Altitude range
30–1500 m
Distribution
UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi R., 8 Mar. 1951, Jarrett 503!KENYA Teita District Maungu Hills, S of Maungu Station, 31 May 1970, Faden et al. 169!TANZANIA Lushoto District 4.8 km S of Mashewa, Kumba Swamp, 29 June 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3072! & Amani, 21 Dec. 1928, Greenway 1073!UGANDA Masaka District Lake Nabugabo, Aug. 1935, Chandler 1409!UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe, Feb. 1939, Chandler 2753!KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Giriama Point, 18 Sept. 1968, Gillett 18700!KENYA Kilifi District 40 km NW of Malindi, Marafa, 22 Nov. 1961, Polhill & Paulo 832!TANZANIA Morogoro District NE part of N Uluguru Mts, Mkungwe Hill, 5 July 1970, Faden et al. 70/380!TANZANIA Zanzibar Last s.n.!
Distribution (external)
; Guinea
Liberia
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
Principe
São Tomé
Annobon
Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Angola
Zambia
Mozambique
South Africa
Madagascar
Mauritius
tropical America
Notes
Kirk collected a specimen near Mombasa in Sept. 1873.

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