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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Plants large. Stems up to 80 cm long, dichotomously branched (to six times), pendulous; basal stem to 1.5 mm thick; sterile parts gradually passing into fertile parts. Foliage leaves narrowly ovate in outline, apex pointed, 10-16.5 × 1.8-3 mm, upper once shorter and narrower, relatively thin and flat, soft, making an angle of 30°-45°with the axis that carries them, midrib generally visible at least at the bottom on the dorsal side. Fertile portion 28-45 cm long; lower bracts to 12 x 2 mm, middle bracts 3-3.5 x 1.4-1.7 and circa twice as long than the sporangia, oval, base rounded, apex pointed, upper bracts 1.8-2.4 x 1.2-1.6 mm, apex blunt. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | bampsiana: named after Paul Bamps (1932-2019), Belgian botanist and formerly department head of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (now Meise Botanic Garden). |
| Habitat: | Limited to areas in between bamboo and Hagenia, and forest-grassland in Hagenia. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 2700 - 3000 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Rwanda. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fischer E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 154. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 40. (Includes a picture). |
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