Plant descriptions ²

Ferns with variable size 50-90 cm long, with tufted fronds, oblique rhizome. Rachis lanceolate, whith clear scales. Limbe lanceolate, bipinnate - tripinnatifid. Pinnule with dentate lobes, acute teeth. Sorus with small indusium, brown, ovate.

Elevation ²

1 000 - 1 500 m.

Similar species ²

Syn. Aspidium inaequale ; Dryopteris filix-massubspelongata.

Reference ²

Humbert H., 1950. 5è Famille - Aspidiaceae. Flore de Madagascar (Plantes vasculaires). Ed. Imprimerie Officielle Tananarive. pp 302-361.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) JMK, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dryopteris_inaequalis,_Louwsburg.jpg
2. (c) Romer Rabarijaona, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
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• Biodiversity Heritage Library
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• eFloras.org
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
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