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Asplenium ceii Pic.Serm. [family ASPLENIACEAE]
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, (2008) Author: Henk Beentje
Names
Asplenium ceii Pic.Serm. [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. ser. 2. 47: 11, t. 3 (1940); Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 55: 128 (1985); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 28, t. 172 (1994). Type: Ethiopia, Kaffa, between Bonga and Uota, Cei 14 (FT, holo.)
Asplenium atroviride Schelpe [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 41: 204 (1967); Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 173 (1970); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 218, map, figs. (1990); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991). Type: Zimbabwe, Vumba Mts., Witchwood, Schelpe 5446 (BOL, holo., BM!, iso.), syn. nov.
Information
Epiphytic; rhizome erect, ± 1 cm diameter, covered with old stipe bases with greyish-brown, lanceolate-subulate, subentire scales up to 10x1.5 mm, composed of clear thin-walled cells, attenuate into a hair-like tip. Frond tufted, erect, not proliferous. Stipe matt-grey-green to brown, 5–30 cm long and 3 mm diameter, subglabrous, with a few scales towards the base similar to the rhizome scales. Lamina dark shiny green, herbaceous to coriaceous, 18–40x10–19 cm, oblong, erect, 1-pinnate; basal pinnae not reduced, terminal pinna similar to lateral ones. Pinnae in 2–9 sub-opposite pairs with a terminal pinna similar to the other pinnae, petiolulate, lanceolate to oblong, 8–14x1.8–2.5 cm, the terminal pinna 14–16x2.5–3.5 cm, acroscopic base cuneate and often parallel to the rachis, basiscopic base attenuate-cuneate, margin irregularly and shallowly undulate-crenate, attenuate to acuminate, glabrous; veins ending short of the margin. Rachis matt-purplish-brown, at first set with dark irregularly fimbriate scales up to 2 mm long, later becoming glabrous. Sori many, along the veins at 45° angle to costa, extending from near the costa to more than halfway to the margin, (4–)9–13 mm long; indusium membranous, entire, 0.5–0.8 mm wide. Fig. 6: 1–2, p. 37.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 3; K 3, 5; T 6, 7
Altitude range
1200–1700(–2400) m
Distribution
KENYA Elgon, about 1919, Gardner 1028!KENYA North Kavirondo District Isiukhu R. along Kambiri–Vihiga road, Dec. 1969, Faden & Rathbun 69/2104! & Kakamega Forest, near forest station, Oct. 1981, Gilbert & Mesfin 6671!TANZANIA Kilosa District Ukaguru Mts, Mt Kifigo, May 1972, Pócs et al. 6591A!TANZANIA Iringa District Udzungwa Mountain National park, camp 239, Oct. 2001, Luke et al. 8123!UGANDA Toro District Kibale Forest, Kanyawara, Sep. 1997, Hafashimana 332!UGANDA Kigezi District Bwindi Forest, Ihihizo, Aug. 1998, Hafashimana 773!UGANDA Busoga District Lolui Island, May 1965, Jackson 3/11/5/65
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Burundi
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
CONSERVATION Widespread; least concern (LC) – but only six collections from our area. A. ceii resembles a small gemmiferum, but occurs away from water, usually in deep shade. Christensen felt this might be a variety of A. gemmiferum, but Pichi Sermolli feels it is distinct enough. The Schelpe name was published, I believe, because the author was unaware of the existence of A. ceii. H.D. van Someren 929 collected in May–June 1957 in U 2, Kigezi District: Kayonza forest might be A. ceii but has altogether larger parts – lamina to 52 x 26 cm, pinnae to 17 x 3.5 cm, sori 12–23 mm.
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, (2008) Author: Henk Beentje
Names
Asplenium ceii Pic.Serm. [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. ser. 2. 47: 11, t. 3 (1940); Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 55: 128 (1985); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 28, t. 172 (1994). Type: Ethiopia, Kaffa, between Bonga and Uota, Cei 14 (FT, holo.)
Asplenium atroviride Schelpe [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 41: 204 (1967); Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 173 (1970); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 218, map, figs. (1990); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991). Type: Zimbabwe, Vumba Mts., Witchwood, Schelpe 5446 (BOL, holo., BM!, iso.), syn. nov.
Information
Epiphytic; rhizome erect, ± 1 cm diameter, covered with old stipe bases with greyish-brown, lanceolate-subulate, subentire scales up to 10x1.5 mm, composed of clear thin-walled cells, attenuate into a hair-like tip. Frond tufted, erect, not proliferous. Stipe matt-grey-green to brown, 5–30 cm long and 3 mm diameter, subglabrous, with a few scales towards the base similar to the rhizome scales. Lamina dark shiny green, herbaceous to coriaceous, 18–40x10–19 cm, oblong, erect, 1-pinnate; basal pinnae not reduced, terminal pinna similar to lateral ones. Pinnae in 2–9 sub-opposite pairs with a terminal pinna similar to the other pinnae, petiolulate, lanceolate to oblong, 8–14x1.8–2.5 cm, the terminal pinna 14–16x2.5–3.5 cm, acroscopic base cuneate and often parallel to the rachis, basiscopic base attenuate-cuneate, margin irregularly and shallowly undulate-crenate, attenuate to acuminate, glabrous; veins ending short of the margin. Rachis matt-purplish-brown, at first set with dark irregularly fimbriate scales up to 2 mm long, later becoming glabrous. Sori many, along the veins at 45° angle to costa, extending from near the costa to more than halfway to the margin, (4–)9–13 mm long; indusium membranous, entire, 0.5–0.8 mm wide. Fig. 6: 1–2, p. 37.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 3; K 3, 5; T 6, 7
Altitude range
1200–1700(–2400) m
Distribution
KENYA Elgon, about 1919, Gardner 1028!KENYA North Kavirondo District Isiukhu R. along Kambiri–Vihiga road, Dec. 1969, Faden & Rathbun 69/2104! & Kakamega Forest, near forest station, Oct. 1981, Gilbert & Mesfin 6671!TANZANIA Kilosa District Ukaguru Mts, Mt Kifigo, May 1972, Pócs et al. 6591A!TANZANIA Iringa District Udzungwa Mountain National park, camp 239, Oct. 2001, Luke et al. 8123!UGANDA Toro District Kibale Forest, Kanyawara, Sep. 1997, Hafashimana 332!UGANDA Kigezi District Bwindi Forest, Ihihizo, Aug. 1998, Hafashimana 773!UGANDA Busoga District Lolui Island, May 1965, Jackson 3/11/5/65
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Burundi
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
CONSERVATION Widespread; least concern (LC) – but only six collections from our area. A. ceii resembles a small gemmiferum, but occurs away from water, usually in deep shade. Christensen felt this might be a variety of A. gemmiferum, but Pichi Sermolli feels it is distinct enough. The Schelpe name was published, I believe, because the author was unaware of the existence of A. ceii. H.D. van Someren 929 collected in May–June 1957 in U 2, Kigezi District: Kayonza forest might be A. ceii but has altogether larger parts – lamina to 52 x 26 cm, pinnae to 17 x 3.5 cm, sori 12–23 mm.
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, (2008) Author: Henk Beentje
Names
Asplenium ceii Pic.Serm. [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. ser. 2. 47: 11, t. 3 (1940); Pic. Serm. in B.J.B.B. 55: 128 (1985); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 28, t. 172 (1994). Type: Ethiopia, Kaffa, between Bonga and Uota, Cei 14 (FT, holo.)
Asplenium atroviride Schelpe [family ASPLENIACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 41: 204 (1967); Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 173 (1970); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 218, map, figs. (1990); Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991). Type: Zimbabwe, Vumba Mts., Witchwood, Schelpe 5446 (BOL, holo., BM!, iso.), syn. nov.
Information
Epiphytic; rhizome erect, ± 1 cm diameter, covered with old stipe bases with greyish-brown, lanceolate-subulate, subentire scales up to 10x1.5 mm, composed of clear thin-walled cells, attenuate into a hair-like tip. Frond tufted, erect, not proliferous. Stipe matt-grey-green to brown, 5–30 cm long and 3 mm diameter, subglabrous, with a few scales towards the base similar to the rhizome scales. Lamina dark shiny green, herbaceous to coriaceous, 18–40x10–19 cm, oblong, erect, 1-pinnate; basal pinnae not reduced, terminal pinna similar to lateral ones. Pinnae in 2–9 sub-opposite pairs with a terminal pinna similar to the other pinnae, petiolulate, lanceolate to oblong, 8–14x1.8–2.5 cm, the terminal pinna 14–16x2.5–3.5 cm, acroscopic base cuneate and often parallel to the rachis, basiscopic base attenuate-cuneate, margin irregularly and shallowly undulate-crenate, attenuate to acuminate, glabrous; veins ending short of the margin. Rachis matt-purplish-brown, at first set with dark irregularly fimbriate scales up to 2 mm long, later becoming glabrous. Sori many, along the veins at 45° angle to costa, extending from near the costa to more than halfway to the margin, (4–)9–13 mm long; indusium membranous, entire, 0.5–0.8 mm wide. Fig. 6: 1–2, p. 37.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 3; K 3, 5; T 6, 7
Altitude range
1200–1700(–2400) m
Distribution
KENYA Elgon, about 1919, Gardner 1028!KENYA North Kavirondo District Isiukhu R. along Kambiri–Vihiga road, Dec. 1969, Faden & Rathbun 69/2104! & Kakamega Forest, near forest station, Oct. 1981, Gilbert & Mesfin 6671!TANZANIA Kilosa District Ukaguru Mts, Mt Kifigo, May 1972, Pócs et al. 6591A!TANZANIA Iringa District Udzungwa Mountain National park, camp 239, Oct. 2001, Luke et al. 8123!UGANDA Toro District Kibale Forest, Kanyawara, Sep. 1997, Hafashimana 332!UGANDA Kigezi District Bwindi Forest, Ihihizo, Aug. 1998, Hafashimana 773!UGANDA Busoga District Lolui Island, May 1965, Jackson 3/11/5/65
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Burundi
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
CONSERVATION Widespread; least concern (LC) – but only six collections from our area. A. ceii resembles a small gemmiferum, but occurs away from water, usually in deep shade. Christensen felt this might be a variety of A. gemmiferum, but Pichi Sermolli feels it is distinct enough. The Schelpe name was published, I believe, because the author was unaware of the existence of A. ceii. H.D. van Someren 929 collected in May–June 1957 in U 2, Kigezi District: Kayonza forest might be A. ceii but has altogether larger parts – lamina to 52 x 26 cm, pinnae to 17 x 3.5 cm, sori 12–23 mm.
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