Ophioglossum latifolium
All images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View selected images
Photo: Petra Ballings
SRGH
Photo: Petra Ballings
SRGH
Photo: Petra Ballings
SRGH
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome spindle-shaped to linear, up to 16 mm long, 1–3 mm wide; roots fleshy, horizontal, sometimes also descending, proliferous;persistent leaf bases not present. Leaves 1 to 3. Petiole up to 28 mm long, 80–90% of its length subterranean. Sterile lamina 9-24 × 6-18 mm, bright green, appressed to, or held slightly off, the ground, broadly ovate, usually flat, sometimes slightly folded along the median line, length:width ratio 1.2–1.6:1, apex variable from rounded to pointed, base broadly wedge-shaped to truncate, margins flat and even; fertile spike (33–)50–82(–103) mm long, with (8–)11–14(–19) pairs of sporangia. |
| Type location: |
|
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | latifolium: broad-leaved |
| Habitat: | Terrestrial, in shallow seasonally moist soils overlaying sheetrock, and in deciduous woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DR Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| FTEA divisions: | |
| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Johns, R.J. (2001). Ophioglossaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 11 - 12. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Edwards, T.J. (1993). Nomenclatural changes and additions to the genus Ophioglossum in Africa (Ophioglossaceae: Pteridophyta) Bothalia 23(2) Pages 188 - 189. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 213. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 8. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 33. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 34 - 35. |
Other sources of information about Ophioglossum latifolium:
Our websites:
Flora of Angola: Ophioglossum latifoliumFlora of Tanzania: Ophioglossum latifolium
Flora of Zambia: Ophioglossum latifolium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ophioglossum latifolium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ophioglossum latifoliumAfrican Plant Database: Ophioglossum latifolium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ophioglossum latifolium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ophioglossum latifolium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ophioglossum latifolium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ophioglossum latifolium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ophioglossum latifolium
JSTOR Plant Science: Ophioglossum latifolium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ophioglossum latifolium
Plants of the World Online: Ophioglossum latifolium
Tropicos: Ophioglossum latifolium
Wikipedia: Ophioglossum latifolium