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Derivation of specific name

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truncatula: cut of straight, referring to the square-shaped pinnule apices.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Didymochlaena truncatula (Sw.) J. Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=101950
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Description

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Rhizome erect, forming a short caudex up to 25 cm in diameter; rhizome scales up to 20 mm long, pale to dark brown, subentire. Fronds tufted, erect to arching, firmly herbaceous to coriaceous, up to 2.5 m long. Stipe up to 60 cm long, straw-coloured, set with reddish-brown, twisted scales up to 1 cm long. Lamina up to 2 × 0.5 m, bipinnate, oblong-elliptic in outline, with a pinnate apical segment. Pinnae alternate, spaced apart, shortly petiolate, up to 25 × 4 cm, narrowly oblong, pinnate into 26 pairs of pinnules. Pinnules dimidiate, almost rectangular in outline, shortly petiolate, articulated, apex rounded to truncate, lower margin entire, upper margin irregular to toothed, hairless, deep glossy green above, paler below. Rhachis and secondary rhachis straw-coloured with pale brown scales. Sori 1-6 per pinnule, broadly elliptic, sometimes deeply sunk into the lamina, set close to the upper margin; indusia peltate, brown with pale rims and with a narrowly elongated stalk, entire.
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Worldwide distribution

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Tropical Africa and subtropical southern Afrika; also known from Madagascar, Asia and America.
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Didymochlaena

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Didymochlaena is a genus of fern with only one species, Didymochlaena truncatula, also known under the synonym Didymochlaena sinuosa.[1] In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae.[2] Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae.[3] It is commonly grown as a house plant, and is sometimes known as the mahogany maidenhair.

Species

  • Didymochlaena attenuata (Bonap. 1917) Zhang & Shang 2020
  • Didymochlaena bipinnatipartita (Bonap. 1925) Zhang & Shang 2020
  • Didymochlaena deltoidea Zhang & Shang 2020
  • Didymochlaena dimidiata Kunze 1844
  • Didymochlaena freyeri (Unger 1852) von Ettingshausen 1870
  • Didymochlaena fijiensis Zhang & Shang 2021
  • Didymochlaena lunulata Desvaux 1827
  • Didymochlaena madagascariensis Zhang & Shang 2020
  • Didymochlaena oceanica (Rosenstock 1908) Zhang & Shang 2021
  • Didymochlaena philippensis Zhang & Shang 2021
  • Didymochlaena pulcherrima Herter 1940
  • Didymochlaena punctata Zhang & Shang 2021
  • Didymochlaena sinuosa Desvaux 1811
  • Didymochlaena solomonensis Zhang & Shang 2021
  • Didymochlaena spinulosa (Brause 1910) Zhang & Shang 2020
  • Didymochlaena truncatula (Swartz 1801) Smith 1841

Phylogeny

References

  1. ^ a b c "Didymochlaena truncatula (Sw.) J.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-07-23
  2. ^ a b PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  3. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M. & Chase, Mark W. (2014). "Trends and concepts in fern classification". Annals of Botany. 113 (9): 571–594. doi:10.1093/aob/mct299. PMC 3936591. PMID 24532607.
  4. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  5. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.3.0. 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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Didymochlaena: Brief Summary

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Didymochlaena is a genus of fern with only one species, Didymochlaena truncatula, also known under the synonym Didymochlaena sinuosa. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae. Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae. It is commonly grown as a house plant, and is sometimes known as the mahogany maidenhair.

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