| Asplenium preussii
Hieron
ex
Brause |
| Syn:
Asplenium pseudoauriculatum Schelpe; Asplenium preussii
Hieron. subsp. austroafricanum
Schelpe |
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| Photos: Petra Ballings, Ballings 76, 14-11-2005, Chirinda forest,
private collection |
| This species has an erect rhizome
with tufted fronds. The fronds are
2-pinnatifid, proliferous near the apex, the apical segment
above the proliferating but has more than 5 lobes. The lamina (220-420 x
45-130 mm) is narrowly elliptic in outline.Pinnae with 6 or more basiscopic
pinnae lobes; the first arissing between the 1st-2nd acroscopic lobes.
Pinnae variable, from shallowly incised to strongly pinnatifid into narrow
simple lobes. The basal lobe pointing towards the apex is free, 4-fid and
larger than the other lobes. One linear sori set along the veins, indusiate. |
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Ecology: Rare fern in evergreen forest,
terrestrial in leaf litter on forest floor, 1100-1650m |
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Derivation of the specific name: Preussii: named after P.R.
Preuss (1861-?), botanist & plant collector |
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Distribution in southern Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
South Africa |
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