Ophioglossum caroticaule J.E.Burrows

Species

Pteridophytes > Ophioglossales > Ophioglossaceae > Ophioglossoideae > Ophioglossum

Characteristics

Rhizome 4-14 x 2.0-3.5 mm (ratio 2.6:1), ellipsoid, with wiry, semi-descending roots which are rarely proliferous. Stipe 18-40 mm long, ± 0.5 of its length subterranean, dead stipes sometimes slightly persistent. Trophophore usually solitary, erect, 14-39 x 2.5-5.0 mm (ratio 7.2:1), very narrowly elliptic, sterile trophophore flat, fertile trophophore shallowly folded, apex sharply apiculate, venation linear, epidermal cell walls sinuous, stomata anomocytic. Sporophore 40-60 mm long, bearing (6-)12-15(-19) pairs of sporangia. Spores alete, 43-49 (im in equatorial diameter, muri thick, ±3 µm wide, continuous and somewhat undulate, lumina conical, 1.5-2.3 pm wide, proximal surface concave, pitted.
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Leaves usually single, occasionally 2; stipe 18–37 mm long, 40–50% of its length subterranean, stipe:lamina length ratio ± 1:1, old stipe bases not persistent; lamina mid-green, held at ± 75° from the horizontal, elliptic, sterile lamina usually flat, fertile lamina concave from above, 14–39 mm long, 2.5–5 mm wide, length:width ratio 4.8–9.5:1, apex acute, apiculate, base attenuate, margins flat; venation linear or elongate, with a few included veinlets and secondary veinsconfined to the margins, median band lacking; epidermal cells sub-isodiametric with wavy cell walls; stomata partially aligned.
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Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 3-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ophioglossum caroticaule world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17563460-1
WFO ID wfo-0001276404
COL ID 49X7T
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Synonyms

Ophioglossum caroticaule