Species

Diplazium - Woodsiaceae

Diplazium sammatii (Kuhn) C.Chr.

Photo: C. Jongkind
Guinea

Synonyms	Asplenium sammatii Kuhn Athyrium sammatii (Kuhn) Tardieu Asplenium ottonis Kuhn Asplenium crenato-serratum J.Bommer ex H.Christ
Common name
Description	Rhizome erect; rhizome scales lanceolate in outline, formed of dark-walled cells, edges with curved extensions. Fronds monomorphic, tufted, subcoraceous. Stipe 15-30 cm long, thick, blackish at the base and bearing scales, reddish above, quadrangular. Lamina pinnate, lanceolate in outline, 40-50 x 25-30 cm; pinnae 13-15 x 2-2.5 cm, subsessile or shortly stalked, apex long tapering, base subequal base, truncated, margin serrulate, with sharp teeth; veins two or threeforked. Sori sori elongated, diplazioid, almost all of the same thickness, starting near the costa and almost reaching the margin; indusium brown, slim.
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Derivation
Habitat	Shaded forest, on banks of stream and marshes at low altitude.
Distribution worldwide	See African distribution.
Distribution in Africa	Benin , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Congo , Dem. Republic of Congo , Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Nigeria , Sudan and South Sudan .
Growth form	Terrestrial.
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 218. Tardieu-Blot, M.-L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.3. Flore du Cameroun, Pages 233 - 234. (Includes a picture). Thardieu-Blot, M.L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.8. Flore du Gabon, Pages 145 - 146. (Includes a picture).