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| Status: | Native |
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Rhizome shortly creeping, c. 7mm; rhizome scales triangular-lanceolate in outline, 1.5 mm, pale. Fronds monomorphic, closely spaced, up to 1 m long, subcoriaceous. Stipe up to 50 cm long (8? cm protologe), grooved at apex, shiney, blackish. Lamina pinnate, oblong-lanceolate in outline; pinnae c. 6 pairs, subtrapezoidal in outline, apex tapering to a point, base wedge-shaped, margins irregularly toothed, 7.5 x 1.8 cm, greenish; costa apparent, prominent on the underside, sulcate upperside, distinct to the top of the pinna; lateral veins united or forked. Sori very thin; indusium entire, membranous. |
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| Habitat: | Canopy epiphyte in montane forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1743 - 1953 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Africa, Madagascar. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fischer E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 156. Fischer, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Pages 10 - 12. (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 81. |