Adiantum soboliferum Hook.

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Vunduzi River, opposite bank from Bunga Camp,Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Adiantum alatum Copel. Adiantum alatum Peter Adiantum balansae Baker Adiantum mettenii Kuhn
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Description:	Rhizome short, erect; rhizome scales dark brown, with paler margins, subulate, up to 3mm long. Fronds tufted, membranous, arching, sometimes rooting at the tip (proliferous), 10-40 cm long. Stipe 8-10 cm long, castaneous to almost black, with two narrow pale wings over its entire length. Lamina pinnate, lanceolate in outline; 15-30 × 6.5 cm, excluding a glabrous extension of the rhachis of varying length, which often ends in a proliferous bud or lamina with a terminal pinna. Rhachis, petiole and pinnae winged and glabrous. Pinnae numerous, persistent, oblong-rhombic but reduced and obcuneate towards the apex of the frond, petiolate, alternate, glabrous on both surfaces; 1.5-3.5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, reduced in size towards the apex, the midrib forms the lower margin, outer and upper margin irregularly incised into truncate, rounded lobes. Petiole 1-3(-6) mm. Sori elongate on apices of the pinna lobes, indusial flap linear, up to 0.8 × 5 mm long, glabrous.
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Derivation of specific name:	soboliferum: producing soboles or shoots that form new plants.
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Worldwide distribution:	Wide distribution: from Philippines over Indo-China and India to tropical Africa, Malagasy and the Comoro Islands.
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Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
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Literature:	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 13. As Adiantum mettenii Kuhn Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 224 - 225. As Adiantum mettenii Kuhn (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 75. As Adiantum mettenii Kuhn Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 71. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 110. As Adiantum mettenii Kuhn (Includes a picture).

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