Bolbitis heudelotii (Bory) Alston

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome up to 10 mm in diameter, set with very dark brown, lanceolate, acuminate, entire rhizome-scales c. 3 mm long. Fronds spaced up to 30 mm apart, arching, firmly membranous, slightly dimorphous; stipe up to 290 mm long and 4 mm in diameter, glabrous or set with a few scales; sterile lamina ovate-oblong, up to 270 x 170 mm, pinnate or pinnatifid, pinnae oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, up to 75 x 12 mm, entire to weakly crenate, base unequally cuneate to decurrent, glabrous, rhachis and costae set with dark brown, ovate, entire scales up to 2 mm long when young, becoming glabrous with age; fertile lamina narrowly oblong-lanceolate, pinnate, pinnae lanceolate-acuminate, entire, up to 100 x 14 mm, petiolate or with unequally cuneate decurrent bases, glabrous. Sori acrostichoid.
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Rhizome creeping, set with very dark entire rhizome scales. Veins anastomosing. Sterile lamina ovate-oblong, up to 270 x 170 mm, pinnate or pinnatifid with pinnae oblong-lanceolate, up to 75 x 12 mm. Fertile lamina with pinnae lanceolate-acuminate, up to 100 x 14 mm.
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Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention evergreen
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Environment

Spray–soaked rocks near streams and waterfalls, often submerged.
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Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Bolbitis heudelotii unspecified picture

Distribution

Bolbitis heudelotii world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Bolbitis heudelotii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17366050-1
WFO ID wfo-0001110864
COL ID 68N2R
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Anapausia heydelotii Campium heudelotti Chrysodium heudelotii Bolbitis heudelotii Bolbitis felixii Campium angustifolium Gymnopteris heudelotii Acrostichum heudelotti