Microgramma lycopodioides L. Copel. [family POLYPODIACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 144, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Microgramma lycopodioides L. Copel. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Gen. Fil.: 185 (1947). TAB. 48 fig. C. Type from the W. Indies.
Polypodium lycopodioides L. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 1082 (1753).—Sim, Perns S. Afr. ed. 2: 279, t. 144 fig. 1 (1915). Type as above.
Polypodium mauritianum Willd. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 150 (1810). Type from Mauritius.
Polypodium owariense Desv. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. 5: 314 (1811). Type from W. Africa.
Polypodium myrtillifolium Kaulf. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Enum. Fil.: 91 (1824). Type from Madagascar.
Polypodium ligustrifolium Desv. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Linn. Par. 6, 2: 225 (1827). Type from Madagascar.
Polypodium mackenii Bak. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Syn. Fil.: 357 (1868). Type from S. Africa.
Polypodium lycopodioides var. mackenii Bak. Sim [family POLYPODIACEAE], Ferns S. Afr.: 203 (1892); op. cit. ed. 2: 280, t. 144 fig. 2 (1915). Type from S. Africa.
Polypodium anguinum A. Peter [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Fedde, Repert. Beih. 40, 1: 29, descr. 8. t. 1 fig. 10 (1929). Type from Tanzania.
Polypodium lycopodioides var. myrtillifolium Kaulf. C. Chr. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Dansk Bot. Ark., 7: 157 (1932). Type as for P. myrtillifolium.
Microgramma owariensis Desv. Alston [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 30: 20 (1956). Type as for Polypodium owariense.
Microgramma mauritiana Willd. Tardieu [family POLYPODIACEAE], Pl. Madag., Polypod. 2: 108 (1960). Type as for Polypodium mauritianum.
Information
Rhizome up to 5 mm. in diam., widely creeping, with fronds spaced 1 cm. or more apart and with subulate entire pale-brown rhizome-scales up to 6 mm. long turning grey with age. Frond simple, stipitate, sometimes somewhat dimorphous, with the fertile fronds longer and narrower than the sterile fronds. Stipe up to 1.5 cm. long. Lamina up to 15 x 2.2 cm., narrowly oblong to elliptic, entire, acute, obtuse or caudate, decurrent at the base; midrib pale, prominent below, venation mostly obscure. Sori 2–2.5 mm. in diam., circular, in a line on either side of the midrib about halfway between the midrib and the margin.
Habitat
Epiphytic in forest
Altitude range
from near sea-level to 700 m.
700
0
Distribution
Mozambique M Marracuene, Costa do Sol, 10.viii.1959, Barbosa & Lemos 8674 (COI; K; LISC).Mozambique GI Gaza, Junod 352 (G).Mozambique MS Amatongas Forest, 1.iv.1952. Chase 4483 (BM; SRGH).Mozambique Z Maganja da Costa, 8.ii.1966, Torre & Correia, 14503 (LISC).Zimbabwe E Vumba Mts., Burma Valley, 5.xii.1961, Wild & Chase 5578 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa
tropical Africa
America
Microgramma lycopodioides L. Copel. [family POLYPODIACEAE]
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