Ophioglossum gomezianum Welw. & A.br.apud Kuhn

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome shortly cylindrical, c. 3 mm long. Fronds 1-3; stipe subterranean for most of its length, 7-25 mm long; stipe bases persistent; sterile lamina lanceolate-elliptic to elliptic-ovate, up to 17 x 11 mm or 26 x 8 mm, acute with prominent mucro, base narrowly cuneate; venation apparent or not; fertile spike inserted at base of sterile lamina, c. 30-90 mm long, with up to 16 pairs of sporangia, apiculus acute, up to 1 mm long.
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Rhizome shortly cylindrical, ± 3 mm long. Old stipe bases persistent. Fertile spike inserted at base of sterile lamina, wholly above ground level. Sterile lamina shorter than 30 mm.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ophioglossum gomezianum world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, India, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17167560-1
WFO ID wfo-0001110733
COL ID 49X8R
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Synonyms

Ophioglossum ammophilum Ophioglossum gomezianum