Vittaria - Adiantaceae

Vittaria reekmansii Pic. Serm.

Photo: . ©Botanic Garden Meise (BR)
Rwanda

 

 

 

 

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Description

Rhizome short; rhizome scales broad in their lower part, apex gradually tapering, cell walls thick, cells of the middle part of the scale not regularly arranged. Frond monomorphic, tufted, pendulous. Lamina simple, linear to linear-lanceolate in outline, apex narrowing to a point, base cuneate, 10-30 x 0.2-0.4 cm, veins net-like arranged. Sorielongate, two per leave, along the submarginal veins; indusium absent.

Notes

Albertine Rift endemic, only known from montane forests around Lake Kivu.

Derivation

reekmansii: dedicated to M. Reekmans of the University of Bujumbura (Burundi) who first collected this fern.

Habitat

Montane rainforest, up to 2700m

Distribution worldwide

See African distribution.

Distribution in Africa

Burundi, Dem. Republic of Congo, Rwanda.

Growth form

Epiphytic.

Literature

  • Fisher E. & Killmann D. (2008) Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 58 - 59. (Includes a picture).
  • Roux, J.P. (2009) Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Page 74.
  • Sermolli, R.E.G. Pichi (1977) Fragmenta Pteridologiae - VII.webbia , 32 (1) Pages 73 - 74.

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