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Lomariopsidaceae
Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the family
Terrestrial, epiphytic or lithophytic plants. Rhizome short and suberect, or creeping and branched with non-peltate scales. Stipe articulated or not. Fronds dimorphic; lamina simple or pinnate, often with proliferating buds along the rhachis; veins free or anastomosing; stipe and rhachis adaxially with a longitudinal groove or convex and then with lateral ridges. Indumentum composed of scales or often with glandular hairs occurring on the rhizome, axes and lamina surfaces short, uniseriate hairs. The abaxial surface of the fertile fronds covered with sporangia. Worldwide: c. 500 species (Source: Roux 2001); pantropical distribution. Malawi: 3 genera and 15 taxa. |
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Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Bolbitis Schott | Description, Image |
| Elaphoglossum Schott ex J. Sm. | Description, Image |
| Lomariopsis Fée | Description |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Lomariopsidaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LomariopsidaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lomariopsidaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lomariopsidaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lomariopsidaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lomariopsidaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lomariopsidaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Lomariopsidaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lomariopsidaceae
Wikipedia: Lomariopsidaceae
Plants of the World Online: Lomariopsidaceae
Tropicos: Lomariopsidaceae
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