Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium mannii Hook.

First published in Sec. Cent. Ferns: t. 60 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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)
  • Sec. Cent. t. 60 (1861)
  • Sim F.S.A. 174, t. 61 (1915).

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.: 60 (1959)
  • Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 239, map, figs. (1990)
  • Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 65 (1991)
  • Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, 28: 198, t. 39 fig. 8–9 (1953)
  • Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 187, t. 54e (1970)
  • Sec. Cent. Ferns: t. 60 (1861)
  • Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 174, t. 61 (1915)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 29, t. 172 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2003 Zapfack, L. [2124] Cameroon K000746298 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8413] Cameroon K000109115 No
Jul 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [712] Cameroon K000109113 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9209] Cameroon K000381539 No
Jan 1, 1955 Mann, G. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K000423926 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [372] Equatorial Guinea K000423925 Type Yes
Zapfack, L. [1021] Cameroon K001394695 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5006] Mozambique K000613385 No
Fernandez Casas, J. ; Carvalho, M.F. [10364] Equatorial Guinea K001519456 Yes
Fernandez Casas, J. ; Carvalho, M.F. [10363] Equatorial Guinea K000388140 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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