Asplenium christii Hieron.

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Chirinda forest

Photo: Petra Ballings
By the Swynnerton Memorial, Chirinda Forest

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Synonyms:	Asplenium amaurophyllum Peter
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Description:	Rhizome erect, c. 4 mm thick; scales brown, entire, lanceolate, up to 2 mm long. Fronds strongly dimorphic, fertile fronds twice as long as sterile fronds, tufted. Sterile lamina not-gemmiferous, 15 × 8 cm, pinnate, lanceolate-ovate in outline. Fertile lamina gemmiferous on the rhachis below the terminal segment, 25 × 8.5 cm, pinnate and lanceolate in outline. Stipe up to 12 cm (sterile frond)-20 cm (fertile frond), subglabrous. Pinnae smaller and more widely spaced towards the apex, oblong to narrowly triangular, base unequal, margins crenate to serrate, hairless on both surfaces. Sori linear, set at 45 degrees to the costa, indusium present.
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Derivation of specific name:	christii: named after K.H.H. Christ, a German plant geographer & taxonomist.
Habitat:	Forest floor in montane forest.
Altitude range:	1889 m (approx)
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South africa
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 220 - 221. (Includes a picture). Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 596 - 597. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 9. Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 156. Fisher, E. & Lobin, W. (2023). Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda. Phytotaxa 608 (1) Page 14. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 162. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 332 - 333. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 5. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 163. (Includes a picture). Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 82. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 172.

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