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| Status: | Native |
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Growth form unknown. Rhizome scales (assumed from scales on lower stipe) narrowly triangular, to 8 x 1 mm, apex gradually tapering to a point, or (assumed from young Grimshaw frond) pale brown, ovate, to 8 x 2 mm, pointed. Fronds tufted, subcoriaceous. Stipe up to at least 27 cm, with dark brown scales to 8 mm. Lamina oblong-lanceolate in outline, 20-56 x 5-10 cm, 2- to 3-pinnatifid with acroscopic basal lobe often enlarged and almost free, lower pinnae reduced and only shallowly lobed. Pinnae in 24-35 pairs, lanceolate in outline, 3.7-7.5 x 1 cm, pinnatifid, sessile, base unequal, costa shortly winged, glabrous above, sparsely set with scales below. Rhachis with sparse scales. Sori 1 per lobe, 1-2 mm long; involucre 0.5-0.7 mm wide. |
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| Habitat: | Hagenia-Hypericum forest, Podocarpus forest or ericaceous shrub. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 2800 - 3200 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania , Uganda. |
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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 158. Fischer, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Pages 41 - 44. (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 97. |