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Aspidium maranguense

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Identification
Isotype of Aspidium maranguense Hieron. [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE ] Amauropelta bergiana (Schltdl.) Holttum [family THELYPTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
  • Dryopteris maranguense
  • Amauropelta bergiana
  • Aspidium maranguense

Flora

Entry for Amauropelta bergiana var. bergiana [family THELYPTERIDACEAE]
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, (2006) Author: BERNARD VERDCOURT
Names
Amauropelta bergiana var. bergiana [family THELYPTERIDACEAE]
Polypodium bergianum Schltdl. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Adumbr. Fil. Prom. B. Spei: 20, t. 9 (1825)
Aspidium maranguense Hieron. [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 85 (1895). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Marangu, Volkens 1267 (B, holo.; BM!, iso.)
Nephrodium bergianum (Schltdl.) Bak. [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Syn. Fil.: 269 (1867); Hieron., V.E. 2: 11 (1908); F.D.-O.A. 1: 55 (1929)
Dryopteris bergiana (Schltdl.) Kuntze [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 812 (1891); Sims, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 93, t. 10 excl. fig. b & c (1915); Chiov., Racc. Bot. Miss. Consolata Kenya: 139 (1935) pro parte; C. Chr. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 44, t. 9/6–12 (1939)
Thelypteris bergiana (Schltdl.) Ching [family THELYPTERIDACEAE], in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 251 (1941); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 61 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3: 240 (1964); Schelpe, F.Z. Pterid.: 193, t. 55/B (1970) & Expl. Hydrobiol. Bassin L. Bangweolo & Luapula 8 (3) Ptérid: 80, fig. 24B (1973) & C.F.A. Pterid.: 150 (1977); Anthony & Schelpe, F.S.A. Pterid.: 219, fig. 71/2 (1986); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 266, t. 44/5, illustr. 62/273, 273a & b (1990)
Information
Pinnaewith hooked hairs present on undersurface of lobes.
Range
DISTR. K 4, 5, 7; T 2–4, 6, 7
Altitude range
1200–2500(–?2600) m
Distribution
KENYA Meru District NE Mt Kenya, Ithanguni Forest, road along base of volcanic cone Kirui, 17 km from Nbubu, 22 June 1969, Faden et al. 69/768!KENYA Kericho District 5 km NW of Kericho, Kimugung R., 10 June 1972, Faden et al. 72/288!KENYA Teita District Taita Hills, near Ronge Forest station, Reichstein et al. 2917!TANZANIA Moshi District Kilimanjaro, Kibosho to Mt Meru, Dec. 1905, Daubenberger 19!TANZANIA Lushoto District Soni, 24 Nov. 1973, Faulkner 4811!TANZANIA Ufipa District Sumbawanga, Chapota, 7 Mar. 1957, Richards 8536!
Distribution (external)
Cameroon
Bioko
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Ethiopia
Zambia
Malawi
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Mascarene Is
Notes
Var. calva Holttum without hooked hairs occurs on Mt Cameroon and similar plants in Réunion and the Comoro Is. Daubenberger 44 (Kilimanjaro, Kiboscho, 1907) bears the name Dryopteris bergiana var. glanduligera Rosenstock but I do not know if it was described.

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