Woodsiaceae
Athyrium ammifolium (Mett.) C.Chr. Athyrium annae Kornas Athyrium crassicaule J.P.Roux Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth Athyrium lewalleanum Pic.Serm. Athyrium newtonii Baker Athyrium rondoense Verdc. Athyrium schimperi Moug. ex Fée Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature.
Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.
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Athyrium Roth
Photo: BT. Wursten
Zimbabwe
Description of the genus
Terrestrial or epilithic ferns. Rhizome creeping or suberect to erect. Fronds monomorphic. Stipe and rhachis adaxially sulcate. Lamina pinnately compound, mostly glabrous; veins free, pinnately branched, ending short of the margin. Sori linear, borne medially along the veins or just past a fork; indusium linear to reniform, attached almost along its entire lenght, often with long marginal outgrowths.
Derivation of name: athuréin: alluding to the variable shape of the sori
Worldwide: Near cosmopolitan genus, mostly distributed through the north temperate regions, ± 180 species.
We have 8 taxa in the database for Athyrium.
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