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Equisetum ramosissimum
ramosissimum
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Photo: Petra Ballings
Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Uzumba C.L., Nyaganda school area
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River below Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
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River below Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
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River below Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
River below Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
River below Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
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| Synonyms: |
Equisetum burchellii Vaucher Equisetum thunbergii Wikstr. |
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| Description: |
Subterranean stem black, up to 5 mm in diameter, usually vertical and deeply buried, branching into horizontal stems, all rooting at the nodes and bearing aerial stems at intervals. Aerial stem hollow, longitudinally ribbed, erect, c. 0.5-1(2) m tall, with up to 16 thinner branches arranged in whorls at the nodes. Leaves scale-like, up to 10 mm, narrowly lanceolate with a single vein, often shiny-black with pale translucent margins, 1 per stemrib; 12-16 leaves united for most of their length but with free black acuminate teeth and forming a whorled sheath above each node. Strobili borne terminally on the main stem, oblong, 23 × 8 mm, with a blunt conical apex. |
| Type location: |
Tunesia |
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| Derivation of specific name: | ramosissimum: much branched, referring to the numerous whorls of branches that this fern has at each node. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa, Madagascan region, Macaronesia, southern and central Europe, Asia (except Malaysia), south and central America. |
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| Growth form(s): | Lithophyte, terrestrial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 37 - 38. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 81. As Equisetum ramosissimum Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 31. as Equisetum ramosissimum (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 15. As Equisetum ramosissimum Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 134 - 135. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 11. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds) (2003). Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Page 72. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 158 - 159. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 35 - 36. 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 6. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 31. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Pages 17 - 18. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Pages 29 - 30. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 32 - 34. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 15. as Equisetum ramosissimum |
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