VIRBOGA - Pellaea calomelanos

Lower surface of fertile pinnules; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Upper surface of frond; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Lower surface of frond; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Habit; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Identifier: 1116
Date of entry: 16.07.2009
Last update: 10.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

Phylum: Pteridophyta (43)

Class: Polypodiopsida (37)

Order: Polypodiales (35)

Family: Pteridaceae (8)

Genus: Pellaea (1)

Epithet: calomelanos Link (2)

calomelanos => calo (beautiful) and melanos (black, dark coloured)

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

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