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ANTROPHYUM mannianum Hook. [family VITTARIACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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, (1999) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
ANTROPHYUM mannianum Hook. [family VITTARIACEAE], Sec. Cent. Ferns, t. 73 (1861); Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil.: 394 (1868); Hieron. in P.O.A. C: 81 (1895); V.E. 2: 49, fig. 44 (1908); F.D.-O.A.: 52 (1929); Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 204, t. 40/5 (1953); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 35 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3, Ptérid.: 122, tt. 16/5, 43/5–6 (1964) & Fl. Gabon 8, Ptérid.: 94, t. 26/5–6 (1964); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 19 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 96, t. 30 (1970); Faden in U.K.W.F.: 72 (1974); Schelpe & Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 98 (1979); Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 53: 241 (1983); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 20 (1994). Type: Bioko [Fernando Po], Mann 367 (K!, holo.)
Information
Epiphyte; rhizome short, creeping, clothed with black clathrate subulate ciliate scales up to 6 mm long. Fronds tufted, usually hanging; lamina rhombic, triangular or broadly elliptic to ovate, 11–29 cm long, 5–23.5 cm wide, rounded and abruptly acuminate at the apex, occasionally with 3 triangular lobes near the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, slightly undulate or crenate at margin, glabrous; stipes brown, 9–27.5 cm long. Sori superficial, linear along the veins forming an irregular network; paraphyses clavate; spores monolete, bean-shaped. Fig. 2.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 5; T 3, 6, 7 Guinea to Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Congo (Kinshasa), Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, and N Mozambique
Altitude range
900–1800 m
Distribution
UGANDA Ankole District Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest, NE of Kyambura R., 12 June 1994, Poulsen et al. 577!;KENYA North Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, Lugasida R., 3 km along road E of Forest Station turn, 25 Nov. 1969, Faden et al. 69/2027!TANZANIA Lushoto District E Usambara Mts, Amani to Monga, 30 Oct. 1935, Greenway 4143!;UGANDA Kigezi District Impenetrable Forest, Oct. 1940, Eggeling 4168!;UGANDA Mengo District Mabira Forest, Aug. 1908, Ussher 69!TANZANIA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts, Tegetero, 20 Mar. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1723!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, Kigogo R, 17 Mar. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1799!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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, (1999) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
ANTROPHYUM mannianum Hook. [family VITTARIACEAE], Sec. Cent. Ferns, t. 73 (1861); Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil.: 394 (1868); Hieron. in P.O.A. C: 81 (1895); V.E. 2: 49, fig. 44 (1908); F.D.-O.A.: 52 (1929); Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 204, t. 40/5 (1953); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 35 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3, Ptérid.: 122, tt. 16/5, 43/5–6 (1964) & Fl. Gabon 8, Ptérid.: 94, t. 26/5–6 (1964); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 19 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 96, t. 30 (1970); Faden in U.K.W.F.: 72 (1974); Schelpe & Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 98 (1979); Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 53: 241 (1983); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 20 (1994). Type: Bioko [Fernando Po], Mann 367 (K!, holo.)
Information
Epiphyte; rhizome short, creeping, clothed with black clathrate subulate ciliate scales up to 6 mm long. Fronds tufted, usually hanging; lamina rhombic, triangular or broadly elliptic to ovate, 11–29 cm long, 5–23.5 cm wide, rounded and abruptly acuminate at the apex, occasionally with 3 triangular lobes near the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, slightly undulate or crenate at margin, glabrous; stipes brown, 9–27.5 cm long. Sori superficial, linear along the veins forming an irregular network; paraphyses clavate; spores monolete, bean-shaped. Fig. 2.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 5; T 3, 6, 7 Guinea to Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Congo (Kinshasa), Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, and N Mozambique
Altitude range
900–1800 m
Distribution
UGANDA Ankole District Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest, NE of Kyambura R., 12 June 1994, Poulsen et al. 577!;KENYA North Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, Lugasida R., 3 km along road E of Forest Station turn, 25 Nov. 1969, Faden et al. 69/2027!TANZANIA Lushoto District E Usambara Mts, Amani to Monga, 30 Oct. 1935, Greenway 4143!;UGANDA Kigezi District Impenetrable Forest, Oct. 1940, Eggeling 4168!;UGANDA Mengo District Mabira Forest, Aug. 1908, Ussher 69!TANZANIA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts, Tegetero, 20 Mar. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1723!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, Kigogo R, 17 Mar. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1799!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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, (1999) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
ANTROPHYUM mannianum Hook. [family VITTARIACEAE], Sec. Cent. Ferns, t. 73 (1861); Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil.: 394 (1868); Hieron. in P.O.A. C: 81 (1895); V.E. 2: 49, fig. 44 (1908); F.D.-O.A.: 52 (1929); Tardieu in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 204, t. 40/5 (1953); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 35 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3, Ptérid.: 122, tt. 16/5, 43/5–6 (1964) & Fl. Gabon 8, Ptérid.: 94, t. 26/5–6 (1964); Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 19 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 96, t. 30 (1970); Faden in U.K.W.F.: 72 (1974); Schelpe & Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 98 (1979); Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 53: 241 (1983); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 20 (1994). Type: Bioko [Fernando Po], Mann 367 (K!, holo.)
Information
Epiphyte; rhizome short, creeping, clothed with black clathrate subulate ciliate scales up to 6 mm long. Fronds tufted, usually hanging; lamina rhombic, triangular or broadly elliptic to ovate, 11–29 cm long, 5–23.5 cm wide, rounded and abruptly acuminate at the apex, occasionally with 3 triangular lobes near the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, slightly undulate or crenate at margin, glabrous; stipes brown, 9–27.5 cm long. Sori superficial, linear along the veins forming an irregular network; paraphyses clavate; spores monolete, bean-shaped. Fig. 2.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 5; T 3, 6, 7 Guinea to Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Congo (Kinshasa), Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, and N Mozambique
Altitude range
900–1800 m
Distribution
UGANDA Ankole District Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest, NE of Kyambura R., 12 June 1994, Poulsen et al. 577!;KENYA North Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, Lugasida R., 3 km along road E of Forest Station turn, 25 Nov. 1969, Faden et al. 69/2027!TANZANIA Lushoto District E Usambara Mts, Amani to Monga, 30 Oct. 1935, Greenway 4143!;UGANDA Kigezi District Impenetrable Forest, Oct. 1940, Eggeling 4168!;UGANDA Mengo District Mabira Forest, Aug. 1908, Ussher 69!TANZANIA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts, Tegetero, 20 Mar. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1723!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, Kigogo R, 17 Mar. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1799!
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