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136.800 Pellaea
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
Rhizome usually shortly creeping with linear, black or brown, scales. Stipe dark reddish-brown to black, glabrous or with hairs or scales. Fronds pinnate to 4-pinnate with pinnae or ultimate segments articulated, glabrous or pubescent to tomentose. Sori submarginal, confluent into a soral line (rarely discrete), usually covered by a continuous indusium formed from the reflexed margin; paraphyses usually 0. Derivation of name: pellos: dark-coloured, an allusion to the dark or black stipe or leaf stalks of most species. Worldwide: c. 35 species, tropical, with a few species occuring in temporate and boreal regions. Zambia: 6 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| boivinii Hook. var. boivinii | W,C,S | Cb,Lk | Description, Image |
| calomelanos (Sw.) Link var. calomelanos | C,S | Lk,S | Description, Image |
| doniana J.Sm. ex Hook. | N,W,C | Nw,Cb,C | Description, Image |
| dura (Willd.) Hook. var. dura | N,W,C | Nw,Lk | Description, Image |
| longipilosa Bonap. | N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,C,Lk | Description, Image |
| pectiniformis Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Nw,Lk,S | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PellaeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pellaea
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pellaea
JSTOR Plant Science: Pellaea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pellaea
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Tropicos: Pellaea
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