Magnoliophyta

PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS (GEORGIA)
ASPLENIACEAE
Ceterach officinarum Willd.
det. M. Khutsishvili
The Republic of Georgia. West Georgia. Lentekhi region.
Right bank of the r.Tskhenistskali; about 4 km from the vill.
Khophuri. Vill.Levashi area, ca. 42°45'520 N, 42°44'433 E,
ca 641 m. (coordinates from hand-held GPS, accurate to
within a radius of about 50 m). Laurocerasus officinalis,
Betula sp., Solidago virgaurea, Euonymus latifolia.
Rhizome short, erect. Fronds tufted, persistent, 8-20 cm,
pinnatifid; pinnae oblong broader at base. Apex rounded
entire or crenate. Sori linear, indusium absent.
Manana Khutsishvili 167	16 September 2006
M.Chiboshvili
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in Collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
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