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Pteridella schweinfurthii

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Identification
Pteridella schweinfurthii Hieron. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Verified by Pichi Sermolli, R., Pellaea dura Not on sheet. [family PTERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Pellaea dura
  • Pteridella schweinfurthii

Flora

Entry for PELLAEA dura (Hieron.) Verdc. var. schweinfurthii [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
PELLAEA dura (Hieron.) Verdc. var. schweinfurthii [family ADIANTACEAE], stat. & comb. nov. Types: Sudan, Niam-niam, Jebel Bayenze [Baginse], Schweinfurth 3862 (B!, syn.); Tanzania, Lushoto District, Usambaras, Holst 71 (B!, syn.) & Kiliangwi Mts, Holst 3747a (B!, syn.) & Handeni District, Kwa Mberue [Merue], Fischer 684 (B!, syn.) (Pichi Sermolli has chosen 684 as lecto., on the sheet, 1.1. 1969)
Pteridella schweinfurthii Hieron. [family ADIANTACEAE], in P.O.A. C.: 78 (1895)
Pellaea schweinfurthii (Hieron.) Diels [family ADIANTACEAE], in E. & P. Pf. 1 (4): 267 (1899); Hieron. in V.E. 2: 38 (1908); F.D.-O.A: 37 (1929); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 44 (1959); Schelpe in Contrib. Bolus Herb. 1: 78 (1969); Schippers in Fern Gaz. 14: 181 (1993) pro parte; Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 18 (1994)
Pellaea dura var. holstii [family ADIANTACEAE], sensu Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 29 (1969) pro parte; W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.; 273 adnot. (as ‘ hostii ’) (1983), non (Hieron.) Schelpe
Pellaea maxima R. Bonap. [family ADIANTACEAE], Not. Ptér. 14: 226 (1924); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3: 141, t. 18, figs. 3–4 (1964). Type: Gabon, Itsogho, near Moubenu on the Dibanzi, a tributary of the R. Ngounye, Le Testu 2197 (P, holo.)
Pellaea holstii [family ADIANTACEAE], sensu Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 92, t. 14, fig. 4 (1953) & Fl. Gabon 8: 104, t. 16, figs. 1–2 (1964), non (Hieron.) Diels
Information
Mostly simply pinnate with 5–22(–25) pairs of pinnae but sometimes lower pinnae 3-pinnulate. Pinnules ± densely hairy on both sides or becoming glabrous above but some intermediate specimens are only sparsely hairy.
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1, 3, 4, 7; T 1–3, 5, 6, 8
Altitude range
(350–)500–2200 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mathews Range, Wamba, 28 Nov. 1958, Newbould 2922!;KENYA Machakos District Lukenya, 15 Apr. 1934, V.G.L. van Someren in CM 3642!;KENYA Teita District Mt Kasigau, lower slopes above Bungule, 31 Dec. 1970, Faden et al. 70/965!TANZANIA Ngara District Bushubi, Bugarama, 16 Feb. 1961, Tanner 5833!;TANZANIA Lushoto District 64 km NE of Lushoto, Mkuzi, 8 Apr. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2042!;TANZANIA Morogoro District 97 km NW of Morogoro on new Dodoma road, Kimali Hill, 8 June 1990, Abdallah & Newton 2648!UGANDA Acholi District Chua, Mt Rom, Dec. 1935, Eggeling 2398! & 2412!;UGANDA Karamoja District Mt Debasien, Jan. 1936, Eggeling 2616!
Distribution (external)
; Nigeria
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Burundi (fide Peter)
Sudan
Ethiopia

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