PteridaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Green Cliffbrake
- Family: Pteridaceae Ching
- Country of Origin: Africa
- Habitat:
- Description: rhizome short-creeping, scaly.
Fronds ± erect, in tufts, to 25–40 cm long; stipe 10–25 cm long, dark brown and shiny with scales at the base similar to those on the rhizome; lamina leathery, usually 2-pinnate, sometimes to 3-pinnate towards the base; pinnae alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 1–4 cm long, 0.7–2 cm wide, margins minutely crenate; bases usually truncate sometimes with spreading basal lobes, terminal pinnule larger.
Marginal band of sori continuous c. 1 mm wide.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198500849
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1117 - AFR:Eastern Cape D
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 09-01-2009
Classification:- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass:
- Order: Polypodiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Pteridaceae
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References:
- New South Wales Flora Online
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