Rhizome c. 5 mm in diameter, set with linear-lanceolate, fimbriate, clathrate, black to dark brown rhizome-scales c. 3 mm long with a paler margin. Fronds spaced 5-30 mm apart, erect, coriaceous; stipe pale brown, up to 150 mm long; lamina oblong to broadly lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, rarely simple, deeply pinnatifid almost to midrib into linear, weakly undulate and shallowly crenate lobes up to 140 x 10 mm, acute to rounded apically and with de-current bases; midrib prominent below. Sori round, up to 2 mm in diameter, set in a line on either side of costa and sunken into lamina. From: Schelpe, EACLE; Anthony, NC. 1986. Pteridophyta. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Pteridophyta: 1-278. [CC BY] As: Microsorum ensiforme (Thunb.) Schelpe
Rhizome short-creeping, up to 5 mm in diam., with spaced phyllopodia up to 5 mm long, densely scaled; scales centrally dark brown, margins paler and fimbriate, lanceolate, up to 4 x 0.6 mm. Fronds articulated, spaced, erect, up to 450 mm long. Stipe firm, terete, sparsely scaled at base, glabrous higher up. Lamina coriaceous, oblong to ovate, deeply pinnatifid; lobes linear, up to 135 x 10 mm, acute to obtuse, weakly serrate to shallowly crenate, glabrous adaxially and abaxially. Costa convex adaxially and abaxially; venation reticulate, without included veinlets. Sori round, up to 3 mm in diam., in a single line on either side of costae. From: Roux, JP. 2019. Pteridophyta. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 96-157. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Perennial with short rhizome. Fronds spaced, erect, coriaceous, stipe sparsely scaled, lamina oblong to lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid almost to midrib into linear, shallowly crenate lobes. Sori round, to 2 mm diam., in a single line on either side of the costa. From: Roux, JP. 2012. Pteridophytes. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 31-47. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Uncommon in the undergrowth of forests of the coastal belt, but occasionally a lithophyte on shaded humus-covered boulders in forest, and less frequently a low-level epiphyte, 100-1300 m. From: Schelpe, EACLE; Anthony, NC. 1986. Pteridophyta. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Pteridophyta: 1-278. [CC BY] As: Microsorum ensiforme (Thunb.) Schelpe
Plants epiphytic or epilithic in forests and on cliff faces, alt. 50-150 m. Indigenous Forests, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt. From: Roux, JP. 2019. Pteridophyta. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 96-157. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Lithophyte or low-level epiphyte in forests, 100-1300 m. From: Roux, JP. 2012. Pteridophytes. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 31-47. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Southern Cape Province and Transkei. From: Schelpe, EACLE; Anthony, NC. 1986. Pteridophyta. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Pteridophyta: 1-278. [CC BY] As: Microsorum ensiforme (Thunb.) Schelpe
Betty's Bay to E Cape. From: Roux, JP. 2012. Pteridophytes. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 31-47. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
FSA
SA
BOT
NAM
ESW
LES
WC
EC
NC
FS
GA
KZN
LP
MP
NW
Absent
Indigenous
Endemic
Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
Marginaria ensiformis (Thunb.) C.Presl
Microsorum ensiforme (Thunb.) Schelpe
Phlebodium ensiforme (Thunb.) J.Sm.
Phymatodes ensiformis (Thunb.) Schelpe
Phymatosorus ensiformis (Thunb.) Pic.Serm.
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Cryptogamae
PHYLUM Pteridophyta
CLASS Polypodiopsida
ORDER Polypodiales
FAMILY Polypodiaceae
SUBFAMILY Polypodioideae
GENUS Polypodium
SPECIES ensiforme
54 results for Polypodium ensiforme Thunb.
Year
Barcode: PRE0576847-0 Collector(s) & number: Rubin, F, 337 | 1997-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, Wildernis National Park: Rondevlei, clear-felled pine plantation.
General notes: Dune fynbos. Sand. Knolvaring.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0080425-0 Collector(s) & number: Holland, B, s.n. | 1864--
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Knysna.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE1010113-0 Collector(s) & number: Muir, T, 3421 | 1924-10-29
South Africa, Western Cape, Riversdale
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0074279-2 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 9957 | 1963-10-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Deepwalls Forest near Big Tree.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094363-0 Collector(s) & number: Rex, J, TRV 826C | 1909-5-
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0482011-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 21109 | 1960-7-4
South Africa, Western Cape, UNIONDALE DIV.; POTJIES RIVER HEIGHT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0731446-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 21109 | 1960-7-4
South Africa, Western Cape, UNIONDALE DIST.; POTJIESRIVIERHOOGTE; PASS. CREVICES OF SOUTH FACING KRANTZ.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0146085-0 Collector(s) & number: Roux, JP, 283 | 1978-7-7
South Africa, Western Cape, In valley SW of Aasvoëlkrantz above Oudebosch, Garcias forest Reserve.
General notes: Forms small clumps, epiphytic.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094355-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 3514 | 1904-2-
South Africa, Western Cape, GROOTVADERSBOSCH
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094359-0 Collector(s) & number: Muir, J, 845 | 1913-5-1
South Africa, Western Cape, AASVOGELBERG; SUMMIT OF BERG
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0096991-0 Collector(s) & number: Muir, J, 5409 | 1908-11-
South Africa, Western Cape, RIVERSDALE DIV.; CORENTI RIVER FARM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0074279-3 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 9957 | 1963-10-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Deepwalls Forest near Big Tree.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219903-0 Collector(s) & number: Duthie, AV, s.n. | --
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna.
General notes: Tree trunk.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094354-0 Collector(s) & number: Rex, J, 826 | 1909-9-
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0679000-0 Collector(s) & number: Bley, KA, SA-230 | 1986-4-1
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA DIST.; GARDEN OF EDEN.; 14 KM E KNYSNA.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0080428-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, LE, 3588 | 1951-11-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Garden of Eden.
General notes: Epiphyte.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219915-0 Collector(s) & number: Bos, JJ, s.n. | 1963-11-25
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Deepwalls Forest reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219909-0 Collector(s) & number: Duthie, AV, 1093 | 1929-2-
South Africa, Western Cape, Forest Hall. Native forest.
General notes: Epiphyte. Forest.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219914-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 7777 | 1970-7-8
South Africa, Western Cape, Boesmansbos, Lemoenshoek, Langeberg. In upper Kloof Forest.
General notes: Alt. c 3000 ft. Epiphytic on tree trunks near stream.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219899-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgers, CJ, 2946 | 1982-11-10
South Africa, Western Cape, De Hoop Nature Reserve. Top of Potberg mountain near beacon.
General notes: Alt. 600 m. In rock crevices. Small colonies. Occasional.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094353-0 Collector(s) & number: Thode, A1074 | 1925-12-
South Africa, Eastern Cape, HUMANSDORP
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0080427-2 Collector(s) & number: Willems, L, 105 | 1958-12-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Heidelberg, Grootvaderbosch.
General notes: Epiphytic.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219917-0 Collector(s) & number: Duthie, AV, s.n. | 1927-2-1
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna, Forest Hall.
General notes: Native forest. Fallen trunk.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094361-0 Collector(s) & number: Rawson, RW, 436 | --
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094358-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 5758 | --
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094403-0 Collector(s) & number: Prov. Admin., 225 | 1968--
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA; GOUKAMMA NAT. RES.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0010786-0 Collector(s) & number: MacPherson, s.n. | 1956-10-14
South Africa, Western Cape, Caledon Dist. Pringle Peak.
General notes: Growing in rock hollow, on top of large boulder.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0532793-0 Collector(s) & number: Muir, J, 3421 | 1924-10-29
South Africa, Western Cape, MOZAMBIQUE KOP
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219900-0 Collector(s) & number: Botha, R, STE 27487 | 1929-6-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand. Empangeni.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0117751-0 Collector(s) & number: Roux, JP, 283 | 1978-6-7
South Africa, Western Cape, In valley south-west of Aasvoëlkranz above Oudebosch Garcia's Forest Reserve.
General notes: Growing in full shade, very humid. Growing in small clumps as a epiphyte. Not very common at locality.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094360-0 Collector(s) & number: Zeyher, CLP, 4606 | 1820-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, SWELLENDAM; GROOTVADERSBOSCH
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0080426-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 520 | 1952-12-4
South Africa, Western Cape, Swellendam Dist. Grootvadersbosch.
General notes: Epiphytic on Olea africana.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0241455-0 Collector(s) & number: Kruger, FJ, 1307 | 1971-5-
South Africa, Western Cape, GROOTVADERBOSCH STAT; GROOTVADERBOSCH WEST.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094364-0 Collector(s) & number: Bottomley, AM, CH 5421 | 1939-4-20
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219906-0 Collector(s) & number: Gillett, JB, 3 | 1928-9-11
South Africa, Western Cape, Table Mountain. Skeleton Gorge.
General notes: Gorge. Middle wooded part.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0074279-1 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 9957 | 1963-10-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Deepwalls Forest near Big Tree.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0118654-0 Collector(s) & number: Burrows, JE, 1290 | 1978-7-7
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Helpmekaar River, along the Otter Trail, east of Nature's Valley.
General notes: Mid to Low-level epiphyte to lithophyte in riverine forest, in shade.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094357-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 5712 | --
South Africa, Western Cape, KNYSNA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0080427-1 Collector(s) & number: Willems, L, 105 | 1958-12-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Heidelberg, Grootvaderbosch.
General notes: Epiphytic.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219912-0 Collector(s) & number: Willems, L, 105 | 1958-12-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Heidelberg Dist. Grootvadersbosch.
General notes: Epiphytic.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0094362-0 Collector(s) & number: Kresfelder, LJ, TRV 435C | 1892--
South Africa, Eastern Cape, KOWIE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0146056-0 Collector(s) & number: Roux, JP, 303 | 1978-7-8
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Tsitsikamma National Park. Helpmekaar River.
General notes: Lithophytic in light shade. Rare at locality.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219897-0 Collector(s) & number: Duthie, AV, 979 | 1925-2-7
South Africa, Western Cape, Deepwalls.
General notes: Epiphytic in forest trees.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0219904-0 Collector(s) & number: van Litsenborgh, M, STE 31190 | 1936-9-
South Africa, Western Cape, Montagu pass.
General notes: Humus soil.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Pteridophyta Roux, JPIn: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1)96-157
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2012
SERIES CHAPTER
Pteridophytes Roux, JPIn: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 31-47
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2011
BOOK
Ferns of southern Africa: A Comprehensive Guide Crouch, NR; Klopper, RR; Burrows, JE; Burrows, SMPenguin Random House South Africa
2009
SERIES
Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Roux, JPStrelitzia 23: 1-296
SANBI, Pretoria
2001
SERIES
Conspectus of southern African Pteridophyta Roux, JPSouthern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13:
SABONET, Cape Town
1999
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Polypodiaceae Polypodium ensiforme, The correct name for Microsorum ensiforme (Polypodioideae) Roux, JPBothalia 29: 103-107
1986
FLORA
Pteridophyta Schelpe, EACLE; Anthony, NCIn: OA Leistner (ed.). Flora of Southern Africa Pteridophyta: 1-278
1982
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
New species and new combinations in African Pteridophyta and Orchidaceae Anthony, NC; Schelpe, EACLEContributions from the Bolus Herbarium 10: 143-161
1973
No results found for Polypodium ensiforme Thunb.
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