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Adiantum lindsaea

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Name

Identification
Adiantum lindsaea Cav. [family PTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Adiantum hispidulum Sw. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Verified by C.Christensen,
Related name
  • Adiantum lindsaea
  • Adiantum hispidulum

Flora

Entry for ADIANTUM hispidulum var. hispidulum [family ADIANTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: BERNARD VERDCOURT
Names
ADIANTUM hispidulum var. hispidulum [family ADIANTACEAE], ; Bostock et al. in Fl. Austr. 48: 260 (1998)
ADIANTUM lindsaea Cav. [family ADIANTACEAE], Descr. Pl. 1: 271 (1802). Type: probably from Australia (?MA)
ADIANTUM lobulatum Ettingsh. [family ADIANTACEAE], Farnkr.: 82, fig. 32, t. 47/7 (1865). Type given as “Inseln St Mauritius und Comaren” (caption to t. 47/7 indicates it was drawn from a Mettenius specimen at Vienna from ‘St. Mauritius’) (W, holo., BM!, photo.)
Information
Pinnules dimidiate (save at base of pinnae), never pale beneath; no dark hooked setae mixed with sporangia.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 4, 5, 7; T 2, 3, 6
Altitude range
900–1650 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Marsabit, July 1933, Gardner in F.D. 3151!;KENYA Meru District Lower Imenti Forest, 10 km from Meru on Mikinduri road, 1 Mar. 1970, Faden & Evans 70/125!KENYA N Kavirondo District along Isiukho R., S to SSW of Wibakale on Kambiri–Vihiga road, 27 Dec. 1969, Faden & Rathbun 69/2108!TANZANIA Kilimanjaro, Kibosho, Dec. 1911, Daubenberger 20!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Amani, 14 Jan. 1950, Verdcourt 37!;TANZANIA Morogoro District Towero, Sept. 1930, Haarer 1898! & NW Uluguru Mts, 2 Jan. 1933, Schlieben 3222!
Distribution (external)
; Malawi
Mozambique
South Africa
Comoro Is
Madagascar
Mauritius
Réunion
Rodrigues
Azores (naturalized)
India
Taiwan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Australia
Norfolk I
New Zealand
Polynesia
Notes
Bostock et al. (loc. cit.) recognise three other varieties in Australia where the species is very variable. African material seems much more uniform.

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