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Davallia concinna

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Identification
Asplenium theciferum (Kunth) Mett. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Davallia concinna Schrad. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Davallia schimperi
  • Loxoscaphe theciferum
  • Davallia concinna
  • Asplenium theciferum

Flora

Entry for Asplenium theciferum (Schrad.) Schelpe var. concinnum [family ASPLENIACEAE]
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, (2008) Author: Henk Beentje
Names
Asplenium theciferum (Schrad.) Schelpe var. concinnum [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Bol. Soc Brot., Sér. 2, 41: 210 (1967); Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 188, t. 54d (1970); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 238, map, figs. (1990); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 67 (1991); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 29, t. 173 (1994). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, ?near Grahamstown, Hesse s.n. (?LE, holo.)
Davallia concinna Schrad. [family DAVALLIACEAE], in Gött. Gel. Anz. 1818: 918 (1818)
Loxoscaphe concinnum (Schrad.) Moore [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Hook. Journ. Bot. 5: 227 (1853)
Asplenium concinnum (Schrad.) Kuhn [family ASPLENIACEAE], Fil. Afr.: 99 (1868)
Asplenium theciferum [family ASPLENIACEAE], sensu Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 171, t. 72 (1915), non (Kunth) Mett. (1864)
Loxoscaphe theciferum (Schrad.) C.Chr. var. concinna [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 104 (1932), as concinnum; Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 55: 124 (1985)
Range
DISTR. U 1–3; K 1–7; T 2–7
Altitude range
(350–)800–2750(–3150) m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mt Nyiru, Mar. 1995, Bytebier et al. 74!KENYA N Kavirondo District Kakamega forest, Mar. 1972, Kokwaro 3090!KENYA Teita District Chawia forest, May 1985, NMK Taita Hills Expedition 826!TANZANIA Lushoto District Kwamkoro Forest Reserve, June 1986, Ruffo & Mmari 2167!TANZANIA Mpwapwa District N Mpwapwa, Aug. 1930, Greenway 2444!TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, May 1968, Renvoize & Abdallah 2029!UGANDA Toro District Kibale Forest National Park, May 1997, Hafashimana 178!UGANDA Ankole District Buhweju, Nyagoma-Rugongo, Feb. 1990, Rwaburindore 2945!UGANDA Mt Elgon, May 1923, Snowden 791!
Distribution (external)
Congo-Kinshasa
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola
Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Madagascar
Comoro Is
Notes
CONSERVATION Widespread; least concern (LC). The typical variety is from South America. Plants with ovate-deltoid laminas (from U 2, Kigezi, and K 5, Kakamega) have been identified as being close to, or identical with, A. cornutum Alston in Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 2, 30: 8 (1956) & Ferns W.T.A.: 59 (1959); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991). I see no real difference and believe the Alston name to be synonymous with A. theciferum sensu lato. As the type of A. cornutum is from Cameroon I will not make a formal decision regarding synonymy.

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