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Hymenasplenium unilaterale (Lam.) Hayata

Derivation of specific name

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unilaterale: one-sided, referring to the form of the pinnae.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium unilaterale Lam. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102780
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Rhizome creeping, c.3 mm thick; scales up to 2 mm long, dark brown, lanceolate, margins entire. Fronds spaced apart. Stipe up to 13 cm long, stipe and rhachis glabrous, dark brown to almost black. Lamina 23.5 × 5 cm, pinnate, narrowly elliptic to oblong in outline. Pinnae glabrous, narrowly triangular-rhombic or shaped like a parallelogram, upper margin toothed to lobed, costa forming the lower margin for about 1/2 to 3/4 of the pinna length. Sori oval-linear, set along the veins towards the apex of the pinnae, indusium entire.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium unilaterale Lam. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102780
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Frequency

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Rare
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium unilaterale Lam. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102780
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Angola, Bioko, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Principe, Soa Tomé, Sierra Leone,Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascan region
license
cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asplenium unilaterale Lam. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=102780
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe