Asplenium - Aspleniaceae

Asplenium foreziense Legrand.

 

 

 

 

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Description

Rhizome covered up by brown scales. Fronds 6-16 cm long, usually tufted. Stipe reddish-brown, shorter than the lamina. Lamina 2 pinnate, glossy green, oblong-lanceolate in outline, more or less tough, relatively narrow and slightly reduced at the base. Pinnae 16-15 pairs.

Notes

Derivation

South-western Europe to nothern Africa.

Habitat

Cracks in rocks.

Distribution worldwide

Distribution in Africa

Morocco and Western Sahara.

Growth form

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Literature

  • Chatelain, C.; Medjahdi, B. et all. (2014-) Flore du Maghreb. Published on the internet: http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/flore/html/index.html. Page 0.
  • 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 85.

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