Woodwardia - Blechnaceae

Woodwardia radicans (L.) Sm.

 

 

 

 

Synonyms

Blechnum radicans (L.) Sm.

Common name

Description

Rhizome scaly. Frond up to 2 m. Lamina 1-2 pinnate; pinnae lanceolate-acuminate; pinnules finely toothed, veins anastomosing. Sori oblong or linear, arranged in two series on either side of the cmidrib in depressions.

Notes

Derivation

Habitat

Shallow and wet ravines.

Distribution worldwide

Distribution in Africa

Algeria.

Growth form

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Literature

  • 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 106.

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