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Pteridophyte taxa known or reported from Sulawesi
Marattia fraxinea
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Description:
Rhizome massive, forming an upright caudex. Stipe up to 1 m long, fleshy, light green, base swollen and flanked by a pair of thick stipules. Lamina 1-3 × 0.5-1.5 m, bipinnate, ovate in outline. Pinnules glabrous, narrowly oblong-lanceolate in outline, margin sharply toothed, apex attenuate base unequally cuneate, venation prominent below. Synangia very distinctive, capsular with linear opening, situated singly towards the end of each vein, c. 2 × 1 mm.
Derivation of specific name:
fraxinea: resembling the genus Fraxinus;
salicifolia: with leaves like a Salix (a willow).
Worldwide distribution:
Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, S Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also in tropical Africa.
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Marattia fraxinea:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1