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PELLAEA viridis (Kunze) Verdc. var. canonica [family ADIANTACEAE]

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, (2002) Author: BERNARD VERDCOURT
Names
PELLAEA viridis (Kunze) Verdc. var. canonica [family ADIANTACEAE], comb. nov. Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Glenfilling, Drège s.n. (LZ†, syn., B, lecto., BOL, photo., L, isolecto.) Pteris hastaefolia Schrad. [family ], in Gott. Gel. Anz. 1818: 917 (1818). Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Hesse s.n. (GOET, holo., BOL, photo.) Cheilanthes hastata Kunze var. canonica [family ADIANTACEAE], in Linnaea 10: 532 (1836). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Glenfilling, Drège s.n. (LZ†, syn., B, lecto., BOL, photo., L, isolecto.) Pellaea hastata [family ADIANTACEAE], sensu Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 1: 101 (1892), non Link Pellaea viridis var. viridis [family ADIANTACEAE], sensu auctt. mult. e.g. Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: t. 96 (1915); Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 5 (1): t. 23, fig. 1 (1958); Schelpe in Contr. Bol. Herb. 1: 82 (1969) & F.Z. Pterid.: 135 (1970); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 284, f. 205a (1983), non (Forssk.) Prantl sensu stricto Cheilanthes viridis var. viridis [family ADIANTACEAE], sensu N.C. Anthony in Contr. Bolus. Herb. 11: 144, t. 30 (1984); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 129 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns t. 23/6, fig. 34/149, 149a, 149b (1990), non (Forssk.) Sw. sensu stricto Pellaea viridis [family ADIANTACEAE], sensu auctt. e.g. Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 18 (1994), non (Forssk.) Prantl sensu stricto
Information
Rhachis and secondary rhachises with edges without chestnut wings, ± rounded, or with wing less developed, or if so not chestnut.
Range
DISTR. U 2–4; K 1–4, 6, 7 (Teita); T 2, 3, 6 also in SW India and Ceylon but presumably introduced
Altitude range
670–2490 m
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Murua Nysigar peak, 23 Sept. 1963, Paulo 1014!;KENYA Nairobi District Karura Forest, degraded area now felled, 21 May 1963, Verdcourt 3629 N!;KENYA Masai District Narok area, R. Romosha, Kilgoris, 8 Sept. 1961, Glover et al. 2599!TANZANIA Kilimanjaro, above Lerangwe, 27 Jan. 1994, Grimshaw 94/177!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Amani, 20 Sept. 1929, Greenway 1738!;TANZANIA Kilosa District Itumba, Ukaguru, Mar. 1905, North Wood s.n.!UGANDA Toro District Kabarole, Kibale N.P. near Kenyawara, 15 July 1994, Poulsen et al. 682!;UGANDA Busoga District “Usogo Villages”, 13 Dec. 1898, Whyte ! s.n.;UGANDA Mengo District Kawanda, Jan. 1936, Hazel 349! 350!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa) Sudan Ethiopia Malawi Mozambique Zimbabwe Swaziland Namibia South Africa Mascarene Is Madagascar Comoro Is
PELLAEA viridis (Kunze) Verdc. var. canonica [family ADIANTACEAE]
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