Thelypteris pozoi (Lag.) C.V.Morton

Thelypteridaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2006

Type

Type: Spain, Cantabria, Pozo s.n. (S-PA, ?holo.)

Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes

Rhizome about 3 mm diameter, erect with dark brown lanceolate ciliolate scales 1–5 mm long

Morphology Leaves Stipes

Stipe 15–30 cm long, pale brown, slightly pubescent with minute hairs

Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina

Lamina lanceolate to narrowly elliptic in outline, 25–40 cm long, (3–)6–14 cm wide, bipinnatifid.

Morphology Leaves

Pinnae 12–15 pairs, either all more or less adnate to the rachis or lower 4–8 pairs free or minutely stalked; longest pinnae narrowly oblong or attenuate, 6.5–7.5(–13) cm long, 1.2–1.6(–2) cm wide, incised about half-way to costa into rounded lobes 6–8 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, pubescent on both surfaces; veins ± 6 pairs, entirely free Fronds tufted, 15–80 cm long, simply pinnate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori

Sori linear-oblong or narrowly elliptic-oblong, the veins, without indusium.