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Asplenium boltonii Hook. ex Schelpe

Derivation of specific name

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boltonii: type specimen was collected by General D. Bolton in Natal.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium boltonii Hook. ex Brause & Hieron. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102430
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Rhizome erect, 20 mm thick; scales brown with pale margins, lanceolate, up to 18 mm long. Fronds uniform, tufted, gemmiferous towards the base of the apical pinna. Stipe up to 14 × 0.4 cm, stipe and rhachis subglabrous. Lamina up to 80 × 17 cm, pinnate with 13 to 28 pairs of pinnae, lanceolate in outline. Pinnae lanceolate, base asymmetrical, margins irregurly incised into bilobed teeth. Sori oval, set along the veins at 30 degrees to the costa, indusium entire.
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copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium boltonii Hook. ex Brause & Hieron. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102430
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Bioko, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar region
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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 boltonii Hook. ex Brause & Hieron. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102430
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe