ADIANTUM hispidulum var. hispidulum [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
ADIANTUM hispidulum var. hispidulum [family ADIANTACEAE], ; Bostock et al. in Fl. Austr. 48: 260 (1998)
ADIANTUM lindsaea Cav. [family ADIANTACEAE], Descr. Pl. 1: 271 (1802). Type: probably from Australia (?MA)
ADIANTUM lobulatum Ettingsh. [family ADIANTACEAE], Farnkr.: 82, fig. 32, t. 47/7 (1865). Type given as “Inseln St Mauritius und Comaren” (caption to t. 47/7 indicates it was drawn from a Mettenius specimen at Vienna from ‘St. Mauritius’) (W, holo., BM!, photo.)
Information
Pinnules dimidiate (save at base of pinnae), never pale beneath; no dark hooked setae mixed with sporangia.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 4, 5, 7; T 2, 3, 6
Altitude range
900–1650 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Marsabit, July 1933, Gardner in F.D. 3151!;KENYA Meru District Lower Imenti Forest, 10 km from Meru on Mikinduri road, 1 Mar. 1970, Faden & Evans 70/125!KENYA N Kavirondo District along Isiukho R., S to SSW of Wibakale on Kambiri–Vihiga road, 27 Dec. 1969, Faden & Rathbun 69/2108!TANZANIA Kilimanjaro, Kibosho, Dec. 1911, Daubenberger 20!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Amani, 14 Jan. 1950, Verdcourt 37!;TANZANIA Morogoro District Towero, Sept. 1930, Haarer 1898! & NW Uluguru Mts, 2 Jan. 1933, Schlieben 3222!
Distribution (external)
; Malawi
Mozambique
South Africa
Comoro Is
Madagascar
Mauritius
Réunion
Rodrigues
Azores (naturalized)
India
Taiwan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Australia
Norfolk I
New Zealand
Polynesia
Notes
Bostock et al. (loc. cit.) recognise three other varieties in Australia where the species is very variable. African material seems much more uniform.
ADIANTUM hispidulum var. hispidulum [family ADIANTACEAE]
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