Asplenium monanthes L.

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 20–40 cm long; leaf-blade simply pinnate, glabrous; petiole and rhachis dark reddish brown, the petiole shorter than leaf-blade, glabrous

Morphology Leaves Pinnae

Pinnae oblong, 0.5–1.2 cm long, more than twice as long as wide, prominently crenate-dentate along upper margin, rounded at the apex

Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori

Sori narrowly oblong.

Distribution

N1 tropical and southern Africa, Azores Is, tropical America.

Ecology

Altitude range c. 1500 m.

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology

Alt. 1050 - 4400 m.

Morphology General Habit

Herb.

Distribution

Native from Colombia.

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean, Guiana Shield. Elevation range: 1050–4400 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Arauca, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima.

Habit

Herb.

Conservation

National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, desert, artificial - terrestrial.

Aspleniaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

Ecology

At 8, 000 ft. alt.

Aspleniaceae, Henk Beentje. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Type

Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, herb. Linnaeus (LINN 1250/17, lecto.)

Morphology General Habit

Terrestrial, also on dead logs or mossy boulders, rarely a low-level epiphyte.

Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes

Rhizome erect to suberect with tufted fronds and with lanceolate-attenuate fine hairpointed rhizome scales up to 3.5 mm long, with a black central stripe and paler clathrate entire borders.

Morphology Leaves

Frond erect, 1-pinnate, rarely proliferous at top of stipe (not seen in our material).

Morphology Leaves Stipes

Stipe glossy dark brown to black, 2–20 cm long, glabrous, terete.

Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina

Lamina pale to dark green, simply pinnate, firmly membranous, linear in outline, 15–60 × 1.8–3.5 cm, decrescent and acute.

Morphology Leaves Pinnae

Pinna up to 45 pairs, oblongdimidiate becoming broadly cuneate-flabellate towards the base or often the lowermost flabellate, 1–1.7 × 0.5–0.8 cm at about the centre of the lamina, shortly petiolate to subsessile, prominently crenate-dentate on the acroscopic and outer margins, glabrous on both surfaces.

Morphology Leaves Rachis

Rachis glossy dark brown to black, sulcate on the ventral surface, slightly winged on upper side (always?), the wing green.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori

Sori usually solitary, occasionally 2, rarely with a third on the acroscopic half of the pinna, dark brown, narrowly oblong, to 5 mm long, set near and parallel to the basiscopic margin.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori Indusium

Indusium whitish, membranous, entire, linear, to 1 mm wide.

Figures

Fig. 2: 11–12, p. 14.

Ecology

Terrestrial, also on dead logs or mossy boulders in moist forest, especially in bamboo or Podocarpus forest, less often in riverine woodland or in the heath zone near streams; may be locally common; 1950–3100(–3400) m

Conservation

Widespread; least concern (LC)

Distribution

Range: Sudan to South Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Hawaii and tropical America Flora districts: U1 U3 K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T2 T3 T4 T7

Use Medicines

Medical uses.