Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium dregeanum Kunze

First published in Linnaea 10: 517 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Viane, R.L.L. (2021). Aspleniaceae of Madagascar: A revision with annotations on species from the Mascarenes, the Comoros, TAAF, and continental Africa: 1-247. Published by the author.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Hook. Syn. Fil. 221 (1867)
  • Sim F.S.A. 166, t. 67 (1915)
  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 28 : 197 (1953).
  • in Linnaea 10 : 517 (1836)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Viane, R.L.L. (2021). Aspleniaceae of Madagascar: A revision with annotations on species from the Mascarenes, the Comoros, TAAF, and continental Africa: 1-247. Published by the author.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 59 (1959)
  • B.J.B.B. 55: 130 (1985)
  • Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 236, map, figs. (1990)
  • Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 63 (1991)
  • Linnaea, 10: 517 (1836)
  • Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 184 (1970)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 29 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2006 Peter, A. [32241] Tanzania K000424003 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10465] Cameroon K000746302 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2504] Cameroon K000109131 No
Jul 1, 2001 Barlow, L. [7] Cameroon K000109129 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3218] Cameroon K000108997 No
Jul 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [388] Cameroon K000108994 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3585] Cameroon K000109126 No
Jul 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [606] Cameroon K000108992 No
Jul 1, 2001 Ryan, P. [417] Cameroon K000108995 No
Jul 1, 2001 Sebsebe; Demissew [5094] Cameroon K000108993 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4000] Cameroon K000109125 No
Jul 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [410] Cameroon K000108996 No
Jul 1, 2001 Mackinder, B. [140] Cameroon K000109130 No
Jan 1, 2001 Cable, S. [1608] Cameroon K000109132 No
Jan 1, 2001 Groves, M. [175] Cameroon K000108991 No
Sep 1, 1996 Balding, S.; Sivell D. [42] Cameroon K000381453 No
Sep 1, 1996 Wheatley, J.I. [389] Cameroon K000380414 No
Sep 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7810] Cameroon K000108990 No
Jan 1, 1996 Upson, T. [58] Cameroon K000381452 No
Jan 1, 1996 Upson, T. [49] Cameroon K000381459 No
Jaeger, P. [8040] Sierra Leone K001519083 Yes
Schoenenberger, J.; Teearu, T.; Gosline, G.; Alfred; Bal [287] Cameroon K000609744 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1054] Cameroon K000609921 Yes
Raynal, J. [20550] Rwanda K001600827 Yes
Osborne, J. [JO1409] Mozambique K000569764 Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R.; Mkandawire, J. [2762] Zambia K001636739 Yes
Cheek, M.; Namata; Etuge; Elangwe; Mondli; Sanele [8106] Cameroon K000609729 Yes
Cable, S.; Hurst, L.; Etuge, M.; Koopman, S.; Frazer, S.; Mohala, V.; Biese, C.; Hermans, M. [1801] Cameroon K000609741 Yes
Zapfack, L. [1020] Cameroon K001394694 Yes
Zapfack, L. [535] Cameroon K001394742 Yes
Harris, T. [15] Mozambique K000545019 No
Harris, T. [579] Mozambique K000614170 No
Meller, C.J. [s.n.] Madagascar Asplenium melleri K001208355 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images