Asplenium splendens Kunze

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome creeping, c. 5 mm in diameter, set with dark brown, nitid, subentire, hair-pointed rhizome-scales c. 5 mm long. Fronds spaced 5-20 mm apart, herbaceous to thinly coriaceous, not gemmiferous; stipe matt brown, thickly set at first with irregularly fimbriate scales up to 5 mm long, persistent basally; lamina subovate, up to 370 x 180 mm, basal pinnae not conspicuously reduced, 2-to 3-pinnate; pinnae in 9-16 pairs, subdivided into as many as 16 cuneate rounded trapeziform pinnules, outer margin shallowly lobed, lobes sharply dentate to crenate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface set with hair-like, fimbriate-based scales, especially at bases of segments. Sori of irregular lengths, up to 10 mm long; indusium membranous, entire, c. 0.3 mm broad.
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Rhizome long-creeping, up to 5 mm in diam., with brown to dark brown, subulate to lanceolate-attenuate scales, up to 6 mm long. Fronds spaced up to 20 mm apart, erect or arching. Stipe dark brown abaxially, green adaxially, sulcate, up to 235 mm long, glabrous or with brown hair-like scales. Lamina 2-or 3-pinnate, ovate-triangular, up to 500 x 225 mm, with 8-16 alternate pairs, lowest pinna pair not or hardly reduced. Pinnae petiolate, acute to acuminate, up to 110 x 80 mm, with up to 14 alternate pinnules. Pinnules short-petiolate, semi-circular, rhomboid or trapezoid, with rounded or triangular lobes with obtuse to acute dentate apices, up to 14 x 12 mm. Sori linear, up to 5 mm long. Indusium linear, membranous, entire.
Rhizome creeping, set with dark brown rhizome scales. Venation flabellate. Fronds not gemmiferous, widely spaced on rhizome. Lamina subovate, up to 370 x 180 mm, 2-or 3-pinnate. Pinnae subdivided into as many as 16 cuneate, rounded trapeziform pinnules.
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Distribution

Asplenium splendens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17051960-1
WFO ID wfo-0001110146
COL ID HLJM
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Synonyms

Tarachia splendens Asplenium splendens

Lower taxons

Asplenium splendens subsp. drakensbergense