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Didymoglossum erosum (Willd.) Beentje

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erosum: with an irregurly toothed, lobed margin.
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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). Didymoglossum erosum (Willd.) J.P. Roux Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=186050
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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 fine, wiry, covered with very small dark brown hairs. Fronds spaced apart. Stipe short, dark brown, bearing small dark brown scales when young. Lamina variable in outline, up to 5 × 1.5 mm, simple to pinnatifid, thinly membranous in texture, false marginal vein present, glabrous, margins variable. Sori borne in the upper half of the frond, tubular, narrowly bell-shaped, up to 2.5 mm long, with rounded entire valves and winged by the lamina throughout its length.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Didymoglossum erosum (Willd.) J.P. Roux Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=186050
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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visit source
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Tropical and southern subtropical Africa
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Didymoglossum erosum (Willd.) J.P. Roux Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=186050
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe