| Asplenium
christii |
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| This fern has an erect rhizome with
strongly dimorphic, tuffed fronds. The sterile lamina (150 x 80mm)is is
pinnate and not proliferous. The fertile lamina (250 x 85mm) is pinnate and
gemmiferous. The pinnae are smaller and more widely spaced towards the apex,
have an unequal base and crenate to serrate margins. Linear sori are set at
45 degrees to the costa, indusium present |
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Ecology: Deeply shaded forest floor in low-altitude, evergreen
forest, 600-1200m |
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Derivation of the specific name: christii: named after
K.H.H. Christ, a German plant geographer & taxonomist |
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Distribution in southern Africa: Mozambique, South Africa,
Zimbabwe |
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Copyright: Petra Ballings, 2006
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