144.300 Vittaria Sm. - Shoelace fern
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the genus
Epiphytes or lithophytes. Rhizomes creeping, bearing clathrate scales. Fronds monomorphic, stipe poorly defined. Lamina simple, narrowly linear to narrowly elliptic, glabrous or sparsely set with short hairs, often pendent. Sori without an indusium, in two marginal, submarginal or intramarginal grooves. Paraphyses present. Derivation of name: vitta: ribbon, referring to the narrowly linear, stringlike fronds. Worldwide: c. 30 species, in tropical and warm regions. DRC: 2 taxa. |
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guineensis Desv. var. orientalis Hieron. | | Description, Image |
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