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PELLAEA viridis (Kunze) Sim var. macrophylla [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 viridis (Kunze) Sim var. macrophylla [family ADIANTACEAE], Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 208, t. 99 (1915); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 285, t. 205b (1983). Type: South Africa, waterfall near Umsikaba, Drège s.n. (LZ†, syn. holo., K!, lecto., B, isolecto.)
Cheilanthes hastata Kunze var. macrophylla [family ADIANTACEAE], in Linnaea 10: 532 (1836)
Cheilanthes macrophylla (Kunze) Kunze [family ADIANTACEAE], in Linnaea 23: 307 (1850)
Pellaea hastata (Kunze) Hook. var. macrophylla [family ADIANTACEAE], Sp. Fil.: 146 (1858); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 1: 102 (1892)
Pellaea sp. A [family ADIANTACEAE], ; Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 1: 40 (1974) & in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 18 (1994)
Cheilanthes viridis (Kunze) Schelpe & N.C. Anthony var. macrophylla [family ADIANTACEAE], in Contr. Bolus Herb. 10: 155 (1982); N.C. Anthony in Contr. Bol. Herb. 11: 156, t. 32 (1984); Schelpe and N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 131, fig. 41 (1986)
Pellaea sp. C aff. P. viridis [family ADIANTACEAE], ; Schippers in Fern Gaz. 14: 181 (1993)
Information
Fronds 1–2-pinnate (or sometimes partially 3-pinnate the basal pinnules sometimes pinnate); pinnules large, (2.5–)5.5–8(–11) cm long, 1.2–2(–4) cm wide; some fronds are ± simply pinnate but with lower pinnules semi-hastate and then up to 10 cm long, 8 cm wide.
Range
DISTR. K 4, 7; T 3, 6 (fide Schippers)
Altitude range
1200–1800 m
Distribution
KENYA Meru District Nyambeni Hills, near km 30 on Maua to Mikinduri road, 2 June 1969, Faden et al. 69/710!;KENYA Teita District Taita Hills, near Ronge Forest Station, 16 Nov. 1969, Reichstein & Bally 2916! & near Voi, Sagala Hills, E Slope, 1 Jan. 1971, Faden et al. 71/30!TANZANIA Pare District S Pare Mts., Vidani Mt, 7 July 1942, Greenway 6573!;TANZANIA Lushoto District 3.2 km NNW of Mazumbai, Kwa Mshusa, Aug. 1893, Holst 9163! & road from Mbalo to Shagayu Forest, 20 Oct. 1986, Schippers 1581!
Distribution (external)
South Africa
Notes
As Faden op. cit. states, this variety behaves as a distinct species in E Africa, but seems to be indistinguishable from smaller-pinnuled specimens of the South African var. macrophylla with which I have felt obliged to associate it. Schelpe annotated Holst 9163 as intermediate with var.? macrophylla. Hieronymus had labelled this as “ Pteridella viridis var. canonica Kunze”. Schelpe and N.C. Anthony do not record it from north of Natal.
PELLAEA viridis (Kunze) Sim var. macrophylla [family ADIANTACEAE]
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