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Nephrolepis filipes

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Identification
Nephrolepis filipes Christ [family OLEANDRACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Nephrolepis undulata (Sw.) J.Sm. [family OLEANDRACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Nephrolepis undulata
  • Nephrolepis filipes

Flora

Entry for NEPHROLEPIS undulata (Decne.) Verdc. var. delicatula [family OLEANDRACEAE]
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
NEPHROLEPIS undulata (Decne.) Verdc. var. delicatula [family OLEANDRACEAE], comb. nov. Type: India, between Carli and Candalah, Jacquemont, Voyage aux Indes orient. 598 (P, holo., K!, iso.)
Nephrodium delicatulum Decne. [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], in Jacquem., Voy. Inde Bot. 4: 178, t. 179 (1844)
Nephrolepis tuberosa (Decne.) Hook. var. delicatula [family OLEANDRACEAE], Sp. Fil. 4: 151 (1862)
Nephrolepis filipes H. Christ [family OLEANDRACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 213 (1906). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), near Kisantu, Gillett 3126 (BR!, holo., P, iso.)
Nephrolepis delicatula (Decne.) Pic. Serm. [family OLEANDRACEAE], in Webbia 23: 181 (1968) & in Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 77: 275 (1969); Kornaś in Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci., Sér. Sci. Biol. 24: 623, fig. 2/c, d (1977) & Distr. Ecol. Pterid. Zambia: 116, fig. 78b (1979); Benl in Acta Bot. Barcinon. 33: 40 (1982)
Information
Fronds slender, linear-lanceolate, 20–30(–40) cm long, 2.5–4.5(–6) cm wide; stipe 3–7 cm long; fertile pinnae remote, ovate to narrowly ovate-oblong, subdimidiate, 0.8–2.5 cm long, 0.4–0.8 cm wide, enlarged, truncate to auriculate on the acroscopic side, scarcely overlapping the rhachis and not or hardly concealing it, obliquely truncate on the basiscopic side.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; T 6
Altitude range
1150–2100 m
Distribution
UGANDA Bunyoro District Budongo Forest, Sonso Sawmill road 40 km N of Masindi on Butiaba road, 16 Sept. 1969, Faden, Evans & Lye 69/1085!TANZANIA Morogoro District Mindu Mts, 12 Apr. 1970, Pócs 6152A!UGANDA Kigezi District Lake Mutanda, Mushongero [Mushengera], 12 May 1963, Kertland s.n.!UGANDA Masaka District Sese Is., Nov. 1904, E. Brown 105!
Distribution (external)
; Guinea
Ghana
Cameroon
Bioko
Congo (Kinshasa)
Sudan
Angola
Zambia
Zimbabwe
China (Yunnan)
India
Burma
Thailand
Notes
I was never convinced of the validity of this taxon at specific rank although both Pichi Sermolli and F. Jarrett have accepted it. Schelpe does not mention it but it is clear he considered it only a form of N. undulata. Both Kornaś and Benl speak of transitional forms and suggest varietal rank is preferable.

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