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| Synonyms: |
Anemia marginalis (Sav.) Christenh. Mohria crenata Desv. Mohria hirsuta J.P. Roux Mohria thurifraga Sw. var. borbonica Schltdl. Osmunda marginale Savigny Osmunda thurifraga Comm. ex Savigny |
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Rhizome shortly creeping, up to 3 mm in diameter, rhizome scales whitish to pale brown, up to 3mm long, linear to narrowly lanceolate in outline with entire margins. Fronds tufted, erect, slightly dimorphic with fertile fronds a bit longer and narrower than sterile fronds. Stipe 1.5-3.6 cm long, strawcoloured, sparsely set with hairs and pale brown scales. Lamina herbaceous, 6-18 cm long, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong or oblanceolate in outline, pinnate to deeply 2-pinnatifid; secondary rhachises narrowly winged. Pinnae above sparsely to densely hairy, below sparsely to densely set with hairs and slender thread-like; pinnule distal margins irregularly crenate to finely incised. Rhachis densely set with whitish hairs and a few larger, lanceolate scales. Sporangia marginal, under a partially reflexed pinnule margin; exindusiate. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | marginalis: edged, probably refering to the marginal sori of this species. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho, into central and east Africa, Reunion. |
| Growth form(s): | Lithophyte, terrestrial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 43. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 198 - 199. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 12. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 54. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 52. |
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