| Asplenium
buettneri Hieron. |
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| This species has a thin (up to 4mm thick),
creeping rhizome with clearly spaced apart, glabrous, not proliferous
fronds. The lamina 110-250 x 60-140mm) is 2-pinnate and triangular-ovate in
outline. The pinnules have an asymmetrical base, serrated margins and the
venation is flabellate. Linear sori are set along the veins, with more than
one per lobe, indusium entire. |
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Ecology: Terrestrial in low altitude or
semi-deciduous woodland, 340-980m |
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Derivation of the specific name: buettneri: named after O.A.R.
Büttner, a German plant collector |
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Distribution in southern Africa: Malwi, Mozambique, Zambia,
Zimbabwe |
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Copyright: Petra Ballings, 2006
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