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Lepicystis lanceolata

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Identification
Lepicystis lanceolata Not on sheet. [family POLYPODIACAE ] Verified by Zink, M.J., Pleopodium simianum Schelpe & N.C. Anthony [family POLYPODIACAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Lepicystis lanceolata
  • Pleopodium simianum
  • Pleopeltis macrocarpa

Flora

Entry for PLEOPELTIS macrocarpa typical form [family POLYPODIACEAE]
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, (2001) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
PLEOPELTIS macrocarpa typical form [family POLYPODIACEAE]
Polypodium lanceolatum L. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 1082 (1753); Hieron. in E.J. 28: 347 (1900); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 278, t. 142 (1915), non Pleopeltis lanceolata Kaulf. Lectotype: ?Santo Domingo, Petiver, Pterigraphia Americana: t. 6, fig. 2 (1712) (lecto.)
Polypodium macrocarpum Willd. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 5: 147 (1810)
Polypodium marginale Willd. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 5: 149 (1810). Type: Mascarene Is., Bory in Herb. Willdenow 19630 (B-W, holo., microfiche!)
Polypodium adspersum Schrad. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Gött. Gel. Anz. 1818: 915 (1818). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Hesse s.n. (L, fide Schelpe) (Gunn & Codd give B & LE for Hesse specimens)
Pleopeltis marginalis (Willd.) Kaulf. [family POLYPODIACEAE], in Berlin. Jahrb. Pharm. 21: 41 (1820)
Pleopeltis ensifolia Hook. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Exot. Flora 1: t. 62 (1823). Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Carmichael s.n. (K!, holo.)
Pleopeltis lanceolata Kaulf. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Enum. Fil.: 245 (1824); Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 217, t. 44/2–5 (1953) (as “(L.) Kaulf.”); A.V.P.: 31 (1957); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 49 (1959) (as “(L.) Kaulf.”); Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 5 (2): 109, fig. 25/1–3 (1960) & in Fl. Cameroun 3, Ptérid.: 347 (1964) (as “(L.) Kaulf.”). Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, possibly Chamisso s.n. (LE, iso.)
Polypodium lepidotum Schltdl. [family POLYPODIACEAE], Adumbr.: 17, t. 8 (1825). Type: South Africa, Cape Peninsula, du Petit Thouars in Herb. Willdenow 19612 (B-W, holo., microfiche!)
Pleopeltis lepidota (Schltdl.) C. Presl [family POLYPODIACEAE], Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1836) & in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 4, 5: 193 (1837)
Pleopeltis kaulfussiana C. Presl [family POLYPODIACEAE], Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1836) & in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 4, 5: 193 (1837), nom. illeg . Type: as for P. lanceolata Kaulf.
Drynaria macrocarpa (Willd.) Fée [family POLYPODIACEAE], Mém. Foug. 5: 270 (1852)
Drynaria lepidota (Schltdl.) Fée [family POLYPODIACEAE], Mém. Foug. 5: 270 (1852)
Lepicystis lanceolata (L.) Diels [family POLYPODIACEAE], in E. & P. Pf. 1 (4): 323 (1899); F.D.-O.A.: 31 (1929); Chiov. in Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 148 (1935)
Information
Fronds entire.
Range
DISTR. U 2–4; K 1–7; T 1–3, 6–8 widespread in tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo (Kinshasa), Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, St. Helena, Madagascar, Mascarene Is.; also tropical and S America, Juan Fernandez, Tristan de Cunha, India and Hawaii
Altitude range
(850–)1350–3600 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District Bwamba Forest, Sept. 1938, [collector for] Chandler 2469!KENYA Elgeyo District Cherangani Forest, below Kaisungur, 1 Oct. 1959, Verdcourt et al. 2430!TANZANIA Masai District Ololmoti, 6 Dec. 1956, Greenway 9128!UGANDA Mbale District Bulambuli, Jan. 1936, Eggeling 2448!UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe, Oct. 1938, Chandler 2477!KENYA N Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, 18 June 1961, Lucas 91!KENYA Masai District Narok, Nasampolai Valley, 4 Sept. 1971, Greenway & Kanuri 14899!TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambaras, between Mkuzi and Kifungilo, Mkusu Valley, 23 Apr. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2222!TANZANIA Mbeya District Pangundutani, Sawago, 25 Oct. 1947, Greenway & Brenan 8268!TANZANIA Songea District Matengo Hills, Lupembe Hill, 29 Feb. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 8770!

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