Woodsia angolensis Schelpe

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Woodsiaceae > Woodsia

Characteristics

Rhizome creeping, set with narrowly lanceolate, entire rhizome-scales with a dark brown central stripe and pale brown borders, c. 5 x 1 mm. Fronds tufted, herbaceous; stipe stramineous, up to 55-70 mm, set with broadly lanceolate, concolorous brown scales up to 4.5 mm long; lamina elliptic or narrowly obovate, pinnate to 2-pinnatifid, basal pinnae reduced; pinnae pinnatifid into widely spaced, oblong, crenate-dentate lobes, hairy above, with yellow glands below, and sparsely hairy along costae; rhachis stramineous, set with multicellular hairs and linear concolorous brown scales. Sori c. 1 mm in diameter; indusium somewhat lacerate, bearing a few yellow glands.
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Distribution

Woodsia angolensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17549930-1
WFO ID wfo-0001110881
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Synonyms

Woodsia angolensis