Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
blastophorum: bearing shoots, this fern has plantlets on the fronds
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium blastophorum Hieron. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102420
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Rhizome creeping, 7 mm thick; scales dark brown, entire, awl-shaped, up to 5 mm. Fronds closely spaced-tufted, gemmiferous. Stipe up to 35 cm, stipe and rhachis set with a few brown scales. Lamina 20-48 cm × 9-20 cm, pinnate distally, 2-3 pinnatifid on the basal pair of pinnae, ovate to triangular in outline, basal pair of pinnae the longest. Pinnae lanceolate in outline, base unequal cuneate, incised towards the base into rhombic lobes with toothed outer margins. Sori linear, situated along the veins, indusium entire.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium blastophorum Hieron. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102420
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Burundi, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium blastophorum Hieron. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102420
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
