190.500 Dryopteris Adans.

Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature

Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.

Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca

Description of the genus

Terrestrial plants. Rhizome erect or creeping; rhizome scales broad, mostly entire, concolorous. Fronds tufted, herbaceous. Stipe not articulated, often with persistent scales. Lamina broadly deltate to lanceolate, pinnate to quadripinnate, basal pinnae often basiscopically enlarged but not as long as the lamina. Lamina scales/hairs, if present, unistratose(1 layer) at the base. Ultimate segments crenate to serrate, rarely aristate-dentate. Veins free, forked. Sori round, superficial, dorsal, on veins end; indusia kidney-shaped to cordate, rarely exindusiate.

Derivation of name: drys: oak, pteris: fern; referring to the preferred habitat in oak forests of certain European species.

Comment: Nothorperanema is sometimes included in Dryopteris, we consider them to be 2 separated genera.

Worldwide: c. 255 species, near cosmopolitan distribution.

Zambia: 5 taxa.

Dryopteris athamantica

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
athamantica (Kunze) KuntzeN,W,CNw,Cb,N,C,LkDescription, Image
katangaensis J.P. RouxWDescription
kilemensis (Kuhn) KuntzeNLpDescription, Image
lewalleana Pic.Serm.NDescription
pentheri (Krasser) C. Chr.N,ENw,Cb,N,Mc,CDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Dryopteris:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Dryopteris
Flora of Malawi: Dryopteris
Flora of Mozambique: Dryopteris
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dryopteris

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dryopteris
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dryopteris
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dryopteris
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dryopteris
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Dryopteris
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dryopteris
JSTOR Plant Science: Dryopteris
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dryopteris
Plants of the World Online: Dryopteris
Tropicos: Dryopteris
Wikipedia: Dryopteris

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Dryopteris.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=68, retrieved 28 March 2024

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