Hypolepis goetzei Hieron. ex Reimers
Synonyms |
Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm. var. africana C.Chr. |
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Description |
Rhizome widely creeping, subterranean, up to 5-9 mm in diameter; rhizome hairs pale brown, c. 1 mm long. Fronds well-spaced, 0.7–2.1 m tall. Stipe dark purplish or red, 30–60 cm long, rough with minute spinules and with stiff brown multicellular hairs. Lamina triangular in outline, 2–3-pinnatifid; rhachis similar to stipe; pinnae triangular-lanceolate in outline, 15–25 cm long, stalked; pinnules of third order elements divided into lanceolate or oblong lobed segments 0.5–2 cm long, the lobes oblique, rounded; midribs etc. with multicellular hairs. Sori with oblong or triangular green pseudo-indusia. |
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Derivation | goetzei: after W. Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania. |
Habitat | Boggy places and streamsides in upland forest, Hypericum woodland, giant heath association. |
Distribution worldwide | Africa, St. Helena, Madagascar, Mascarenes. |
Distribution in Africa |
Dem. Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania , Uganda. |
Growth form |
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