Triplophyllum
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. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa and America. DRC: 1 taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TriplophyllumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Triplophyllum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Triplophyllum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Triplophyllum
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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