Ophioglossum lancifolium C. Presl [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 34, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Ophioglossum lancifolium C. Presl [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE], Suppl. Tent. Pterid.: 50 (1845) reimpr. in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Sér. 5, 4: 310 (1847). TAB. 8 fig. C. Type from Mauritius.
Ophioglossum lusoafricanum Welw. ex Prantl [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE], in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 1: 351 (1883). Type from Angola.
Information
Rhizome cylindric, short to long, with usually a single leaf; leaf-bases not persistent; petiole 1.6–10 cm. long, subterranean for c. 1/3 of its length. Sterile lamina 2–6 x 0.2–1 cm., narrowly to very narrowly elliptic, sharply acute, sometimes shortly mucronate. Fertile spike up to 14.4 cm. long, inserted at the base of the lamina, with up to 30 pairs of sporangia, apex shortly or long-apiculate.
Habitat
Seasonally moist soil
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Altitude range
1060–1770 m.
1770
1060
Distribution
Zimbabwe E W. bank of Haroni Gorge, 16.ii.1958, Mitchell 406 (SRGH).Zambia S Mapanza, 15.i.1956, Robinson 1322 (K).Zambia C Lusaka, 17.i.1965, Robinson 6363 (SRGH).Zambia W Kitwe, 24.viii.1964, Mutimushi 965 (SRGH).Malawi S Mlanje Mt., Luchenya Forest Hut, 27.iii.1960, Phipps 2758 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Bulalima Mangwe, Embakwe, 10.v.1942, Feiertag (SRGH).Zambia N Abercorn Distr., Sansia Falls, Kalambo R., 1.i.1957, Richards 7449a (K).
Ophioglossum lancifolium C. Presl [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE]
PDF

Related Materials