| Asplenium
boltonii Hook. ex
Brause & Hieron |
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| This fern has an erect rhizome with
uniform, tuffed fronds that are gemmiferous towards the base of the apical
pinna. The lamina (up to 800x 170mm) is pinnate with 13 to 28 pairs of
pinnae and lanceolate in outline. The pinnae have an asymmetrical base and
margins that are irregurly incised into bilobed teeth . The linear to oval
sori are set along the veins at 30 degrees to the costa, indusium entire. |
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Ecology: Dense shade along streams in evergreen
forest, 900-1980m |
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Derivation of the specific name: boltonii: type
specimen was collected by General D. Bolton in Natal |
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Distribution in southern Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia,
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, |
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Copyright: Petra Ballings, 2006
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