Die Seweweeksvaring (Rumohra adiantiformis (G.Forst.) Ching) is 'n varingspesie wat in Suid-Afrika inheems is (Wes-Kaap, Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo), maar dit is nie endemies nie. Dit het 'n baie groot verspreidingsgebied wat Australië, Nieu-Seeland en Sentraal- en Suid-Amerika insluit.[1] Dit word as veilig (LC) genoem op de SANBI-rooilys maar is nie aan evaluasie onderwerp nie.[2]
Dit groei byvoorbeeld op die grond in die woud van Knysna en die Amathole, maar ook in die fynbos en die bosveld.
Die plant groei nie hoër as 50 cm nie en het 'n voorkeur vir vogtige plekkies.[3]
Die Seweweeksvaring (Rumohra adiantiformis (G.Forst.) Ching) is 'n varingspesie wat in Suid-Afrika inheems is (Wes-Kaap, Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo), maar dit is nie endemies nie. Dit het 'n baie groot verspreidingsgebied wat Australië, Nieu-Seeland en Sentraal- en Suid-Amerika insluit. Dit word as veilig (LC) genoem op de SANBI-rooilys maar is nie aan evaluasie onderwerp nie.
Dit groei byvoorbeeld op die grond in die woud van Knysna en die Amathole, maar ook in die fynbos en die bosveld.
Die plant groei nie hoër as 50 cm nie en het 'n voorkeur vir vogtige plekkies.
Rumohra adiantiformis, the leather fern or leatherleaf fern,[2][3] is a species of fern in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It has a wide distribution, mainly in the tropical Southern Hemisphere.
Other common names include leathery shieldfern,[4] iron fern,[5] 7-weeks-fern,[6] and climbing shield fern.[7]
Growing to 90 cm (35 in) tall and broad, Rumohra adiantiformis is a bushy, tufted evergreen plant with glossy dark green fronds. These contain round sori (reproductive clusters) on the underside of the pinnae (leaflets) unlike many other ferns which have separate specialized reproductive fronds. Many of the sori have protective peltate indusia (films), and prominent scales on the stipes of the fronds.
Rumohra adiantiformis is native to South America, the Caribbean, southern Africa, the Western Indian Ocean islands, Papua New Guinea, and Australasia.[2] Countries it is native to include such diverse places as Brazil and Colombia,[8] the Galápagos Islands,[9] the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean, Zimbabwe and South Africa[2] Australia, and New Zealand.
An example of plant associations of Rumohra adiantiformis is found in the Westland podocarp/broadleaf forests of New Zealand, with flora associates including Ascarina lucida, Pseudowintera colorata, Neopanax colensoi, Alsophila smithii, and Blechnum discolor.[10]
The fern is cultivated as an ornamental plant for groundcover and in floristry.[3] As it is a tropical plant with only limited protection against frost, in temperate climates it is normally grown under glass as a houseplant. In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[11][12]
It is of economic importance in Brazil, where thousands of people generate their income by wild-harvesting and selling the fronds for use in flower arrangements.[6]
Rumohra adiantiformis, the leather fern or leatherleaf fern, is a species of fern in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It has a wide distribution, mainly in the tropical Southern Hemisphere.
Rumohra adiantiformis là một loài thực vật có mạch trong họ Dryopteridaceae. Loài này được (G. Forst.) Ching miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1934.[1]
Rumohra adiantiformis là một loài thực vật có mạch trong họ Dryopteridaceae. Loài này được (G. Forst.) Ching miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1934.
