Triplophyllum Holttum

Description of the genus

Rhizome long-creeping, slender; rhizome scales slender, not clathrate. Fronds spaced. Lamina deltoid-pentagonal or somewhat elongate in outline; basal pinnae mostly fully pinnate, their basal basiscopic pinnules in some species bearing leaflets of the fourth order; ultimate leaflets almost always asymmetric at their bases, basiscopic base narrowly cuneate; venation free, sometimes anastomosing but not forming regular areoles, free veins absent from areoles; cylindric glands absent. Sori usually round; indusia reniform, in some species very small or absent.

DRC: 14 taxa.

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SpeciesBotanical divisionsContent
buchholzii (Kuhn) HolttumDescription
dimidiatum (Mett.) Holttum
fraternum (Mett.) Holttum var. fraternum Description
heudelotii Pic.Serm.
jenseniae (C.Chr.) HolttumDescription
pilosissimum (J.Sm. ex T.Moore) HolttumDescription
protensum (Afzel. ex Sw.) HolttumDescription, Image
securidiforme (Hook.) Holttum var. securidiforme Description
securidiforme (Hook.) Holttum var. nanum (Bonap.) HolltumDescription
speciosum (Mett. ex Ettingh.) Holttum
subquinquefidum (P.Beauv.) Pic.Serm.
troupinii (Pic. Serm.) HolttumDescription
varians (T.Moore) Holttum
vogelii (Hook.) Holttum

Other sources of information about Triplophyllum:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triplophyllum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Triplophyllum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Triplophyllum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Triplophyllum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Triplophyllum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Triplophyllum
JSTOR Plant Science: Triplophyllum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Triplophyllum
Plants of the World Online: Triplophyllum
Tropicos: Triplophyllum
Wikipedia: Triplophyllum

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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Genus page: Triplophyllum.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2651, retrieved 14 July 2026

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