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Pteris tabularis

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Identification
Isotype of Pteris tabularis Thunb. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Blechnum tabulare (Thunb.) Kuhn [family BLECHNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Chambers,T.C.,
Related name
  • Blechnum boryanum
  • Blechnum tabulare
  • Lomaria not on sheet
  • Pteris tabularis

Flora

Entry for Blechnum tabulare (Thunb.) Kuhn [family BLECHNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, (2006) Author: B.S. PARRIS
Names
Blechnum tabulare (Thunb.) Kuhn [family BLECHNACEAE], Fil. Afr. 94 (1868); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 187, t. 83 (1915); F.D.O.-A 1: 82 (1929); F.W.T.A. ed. 2, Suppl.: 74 (1959); Tardieu-Blot, Fl. Madag., Polypod. 2: 3 (1960) & Fl. Cameroun 3: 294 (1964); Schelpe in F.Z. Pterid.: 237 (1970); Roux in Cape Penin. Ferns: 60 (1979); Schelpe in C.F.A. Pterid.: 184 (1977); Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 463, t. 42, 349 (1983); Schelpe & Anthony, F.S.A. Pterid.: 271, fig. 93 (1986); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns & Fern Allies: 331, fig. 334, t. 55, 3 (1990); Johns, Pterid. T.E.A.: 98 (1991). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Peninsula, summit of Table Mountain, Thunberg s.n. (UPS, holo.; S, iso., BOL, photo.).
Pteris tabularis Thunb. [family ], in Prod. Pl. Cap.: 171 (1800)
Information
Rhizomes 3– 15 cm in diameter including scales, erect, to 100 cm tall; scales 25– 35≈ 1– 2 mm, linear-lanceolate, dark brown to blackish with paler margins. Stipes 4– 52≈ 0.3– 0.6 cm, longer in fertile than in sterile fronds. Fronds erect, pinnate, fertile and sterile laminae similar in size, 40– 120≈ 3– 25 cm, narrowly elliptic in outline, middle pinnae bluntly acute to acuminate at apex, middle sterile pinnae free or adnate on basiscopic margin, middle fertile pinnae free, lower pinnae reduced, sometimes to auricles, longest sterile pinnae 7– 18≈ 0.8– 2.2 cm, very narrowly elliptic to cuneate base, margin entire, often inrolled, longest fertile pinnae linear, 4– 15≈ 0.2– 0.6 cm. Sori extending along most of fertile pinnae, unbroken, indusium lacerate, 0.5– 2 mm wide. Fig. 1/6 (p. 3).
Range
DISTR. U 2; K 3, 4; T 2– 4, 6– 8
Altitude range
1600– 2600 m
Distribution
UGANDA Kigezi District Bufumbira, Nyamagana, June 1951, Purseglove 3693! & Bufindi, Lake Bunyoni, Dec. 1938, Chandler & Hancock 2533! & near Kabale, Molesworth-Allen 3740!KENYA Naivasha District Nyandarua, Sasamua Dam, just below outlet, 24 Jan. 1971, Faden 71/72 et al. !;TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, Kibwele Estate, Luisenga stream, just below dam at Mufindi Rod and Gun Club fishing lodge, 30 Jan. 1989, Gereau & Lovett 2984! & Kigogo Forest Reserve, 11 km by road below (South) of the Mufindi – James Corner Road, 20 Aug. 1971, Perdue & Kibuwa 11185! & Dabaga, near Kidabaga village, 26 Aug. 1984, Thomas 3593!KENYA Kiambu District Sasamua Dam, near South Kinangop, 3 Aug. 1981, Gilbert 6337!;KENYA Meru District volcanic cone Kirui, NE side of Mt Kenya, 28 Feb. 1970, Faden 70/90 & Evans !
Distribution (external)
; Nigeria
Cameroon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Madagascar
Notes
Used as an antibiotic ( Lovett & Thomas fide 2381)

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