Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching
subsp. tomentosus (Reimers) Verdc.

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Rhizomes widely creeping; rhizome scales brown, linear in outline. Fronds climbing, to 1.2 m long, branched, spaced. Stipe reddish straw-coloured, with ferruginous woolly hairs, with a few linear scales at the base. Ultimate lamina segments linear in outline, 0.5–1.8 cm long, 2 mm wide, obtuse, entire with rolled margins, glaucous with ferruginous hairs beneath or ± glabrous. Rhachis with ferruginous woolly hairs.
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Literature:

Fischer E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 162.

Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sticherus flagellaris
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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Sticherus flagellaris subsp. tomentosus.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=236340, retrieved 25 July 2026

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