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Hymenophyllum capillare Desv. [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 75, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Hymenophyllum capillare Desv. [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Linn. Par. 6, 2: 333 (1827).—Tardieu in Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, 28: 36, t. 3 fig. 1 (1953). TAB. 22 fig. H. Type probably from Mascarene Is.
Hymenophyllum pendulum Bory [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE], in Bélanger, Voy. Bot. 2: 81, t. 8 fig. 2 (1833). Type from Mascarene Is.
Sphaerocionium pendulum Bory C. Presl [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE], Hymenophyll.: 34 (1844) reimpr. in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 126 (1845). Type as above.
Hymenophyllum fulvum Van d. Bosch [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE], in Ned. Kruid. Archf. 5: 3, 196 (1863). Type from Madagascar.
Hymenophyllum lineare [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE], sensu Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 78, t. 5 fig. 2 (1915).
Hymenophyllum holotrichum A. Peter [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE], in Fedde, Repert. Beih. 40: 16, t. 1 fig. 3–4 (1929). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Rhizome filiform, bearing fronds 1–5 cm. apart. Stipe 1–3.5 cm. long, filiform, not winged but clothed with stellate hairs. Rhachis not winged, bearing stellate hairs. Lamina up to 15 x 2.3 cm., linear. Pinnae pinnatifid (with frequent 2-lobing of acroscopic basal segment) into up to 7 linear entire, broadly acute to rounded lobes 9 x 1.5 mm., set with stalked stellate hairs on the margins and veins. Sori 1–1.2 mm. in diam., at the apices of the lobes, obconic with rounded indusial valves set with stellate hairs.
Habitat
Sheltered rock faces in forest
Altitude range
1700–2140 m.
2140
1700
Distribution
Mozambique MS Manica, Chimanimani Mts., R. Mevumozi, 7.vii.1949, Pedro & Pedrógão 7308 (BOL).Malawi S Mlanje Mt., 25.vi.1946, Brass 16420 (K; SRGH).Mozambique Z Serra de Gúruè, R. Napissóquè, 19.x.1942 Mendonça (LISC).Zimbabwe E Inyanga Distr., 11.viii.1950, Chase 3187 (BM; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Congo
Cameroon
Ghana
S. Tomé
Madagascar
Réunion
Comoro Is.
S. Africa
Hymenophyllum capillare Desv. [family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE]
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