Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
nanus: dwarf, refers to the minute size of this fern.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Grammitis nanodes (Peter) Ching Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=101590
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Rhizome short creeping to ascending, scales reddish brown, subulate, up to 1.6 mm long. Fronds tufted, erect, practically without stipe. Lamina simple, up to 90 × 5 mm, narrowly oblanceolate to linear in outline, base tapering, apex rounded to bluntly acute, margin entire to irregular, slightly inrolled, venation obscure, glabrous with age. Sori up to 2 mm long, elliptic, up to 16 pairs, placed in two lines on either side of the midrib, exindusiate.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Grammitis nanodes (Peter) Ching Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=101590
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Grammitis nanodes (Peter) Ching Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=101590
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
