Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1999) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
ACTINIOPTERIS radiata (Sw.) Link [family ACTINIOPTERIDACEAE], Fil. Sp.: 80 (1841); Hook., Ic. Pl. 10: t. 975, fig. 2–3 (1854); F.D.-O.A.: 45 (1929), pro parte; Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 5(1): 81, t. 16/7–9 (1958); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 44 (1959); Pic. Serm. in Webbia 17: 8, fig. 1/a–f (1962) & Webbia 17: 318, fig. 1/a–f (1963); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3, Ptérid.: 150, t. 20/3–4 (1964); Lawalrée, F.C.B., Actiniopteridaceae: 3, map 1 (1969); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 85 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 138, t. 42/C (1970); Faden in U.K.W.F.: 43 (1974); Schelpe, C.F.A., Pterid.: 111 (1977); Kornaś, Distrib. Ecol. Pterid. Zambia: 46, map 24b (1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 291, fig. 207, map 86 (1983); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A. Pterid.: 148, fig. 45/2, map 125 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 180, t. 29/1, fig. 178 (1990); Faden in U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 17 (1994). Type: India, Coromandel, Koenig (Herb. Montin S-PA, lecto.)
Acrostichum dichotomum [family PTERIDACEAE], [sensu Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 184 (1775), non L.]
Asplenium radiatum Sw. [family ASPLENIACEAE], in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800 (2): 50 (1801)
Acrostichum radiatum (Sw.) Poir. [family PTERIDACEAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot. Suppl. 1: 128 (1810)
Acropteris radiata (Sw.) Link [family ASPLENIACEAE], Hort. Berol 2: 56 (1833)
Pteris radiata (Sw.) Bojer [family ], Hort. Maurit.: 399 (1837)
Asplenium polydactylon Webb [family ASPLENIACEAE], Spic. Gorgon. in Hook. Niger Fl.: 193 (1849). Type: Cape Verde Is., Webb (? FI, holo.)
Actiniopteris australis [family ACTINIOPTERIDACEAE], [sensu Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 250, t. 34/2 (1915), non (L.f.) Link]
Actiniopteris australis (Sw.) C. Chr. var. radiata [family ACTINIOPTERIDACEAE], in Dansk Bot. Arkiv. 7: 125 (1932)
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1–4, 6, 7; T 1–4, 6–8 throughout tropical Africa to Cape Verde Is (only Nigeria in West Africa), Namibia and South Africa and east to Arabia, India and Ceylon
Distribution
UGANDA Acholi District Ukuti, Chua, Dec. 1935, Eggeling 2414! & Agoro Rest Camp, Dec. 1932, Eggeling 832!KENYA Kitui District 15 km from Mutomo on Kibwezi road, 23 Nov. 1979, Gatheri et al. 79/158!;TANZANIA Musoma District Naabi, S slope, 14 Feb. 1968, Greenway et al. 13193!;KENYA Masai District Olorgesailie, 10 Apr. 1960, Verdcourt 2642!;KENYA Teita District Tsavo West National Park, Kevas Hill, 10 Apr. 1967, V.C. Gilbert 1311!TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambaras, Mazumbai–Mashewa, Apr. 1916, Peter 16578!;TANZANIA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts, lower hills, 3 Jan. 1938, Schlieben 3197!;TANZANIA Iringa District Ruaha National Park, NE slopes of Kimiramatonge, 20 Apr. 1971, Bjørnstad 855!