PTERIS catoptera (Hieron.) Verdc. var. friesii [family ]

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
PTERIS catoptera (Hieron.) Verdc. var. friesii [family ], comb. et stat. nov. Type: Zambia, near Abercorn, Fries 1220 (UPS, holo., B!, fragment, K, photo!.)
PTERIS friesii Hieron. [family ], in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exped. 1: 5 (1914)
PTERIS stolzii Hieron. [family ], in E.J. 53: 410 (1915). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kyimbila, Stolz 937 (B!, syn., K!, iso.)
PTERIS angolensis Hieron. [family ], in E.J. 53: 395 (1915). Type: Angola, Pungo Andongo, Soyaux 226 (B!, syn., K!, iso.)
PTERIS mohasiensis Hieron. [family ], in E.J. 53: 391 (1915); Faden in U.K.W.F.: 35 (1974). Type: Rwanda, W of Lake Kivu, L. Mohasi, Mildbraed 438 (B!, syn., BM, photo.!)
PTERIS hildebrandtii Hieron. [family ], in E.J. 53: 407 (1915). Type: Madagascar, near Tananarive, Hildebrandt 3479 (B!, holo., BM!, K!, iso.)
PTERIS quadriaurita (Hieron.) Schelpe subsp. friesii [family ], in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 66 (1969); Schippers in Fern Gaz. 14: 186 (1993)
Information
Stipe, rhachis etc. without spines. Costulae with no spinules above.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 2, 4; K 3–5, 7; T 2–4, 6–8
Altitude range
1100–1900(–2300) m
Distribution
KENYA Trans Nzoia District Elgon, June 1933, Chater Jack 19 in CM 5186! (not quite devoid of spinules);KENYA Teita District Taita Hills, Ngangao, Feb. 1955, H.D. van Someren 874!KENYA North Kavirondo District Malava [Kabras] Forest, W side of Kakamega–Broderick Falls road, 26 Nov. 1969, Faden & Evans 69/2042!TANZANIA Mpanda District Mahali Mts, Kabesi, 4 Sept. 1958, Newbould & Jefford 2199!;TANZANIA Mbeya District Mbosi Circle, Judyland Farm, 10 Jan. 1961, Richards 13826!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mwanihana Forest Reserve, above Sanje Village, 8 Sept. 1984, D. Thomas 3689!UGANDA West Nile District Madi [Butze], south-flowing tributary of Leya R. on E bank about 0.4 km from Berleya, 9 Mar. 1946, Dawkins 172!;UGANDA Toro District Fort Portal, 4 Apr. 1932, Hazel 221!;UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe, Kitubulu Forest, Feb. 1936, Chandler 1561!
Distribution (external)
; Guinea
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Nigeria
Cameroon
Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
?Socotra
Sudan
Angola
Malawi
Zambia
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
S Africa
Madagascar
PTERIS catoptera (Hieron.) Verdc. var. friesii [family ]
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