This site provides information about the ferns and fern allies on the African continent.
The Family-list provides a taxonomic entry. We give information about the families, genera and species in pteridophytes. For each taxon literature references, synonyms, description and pictures of ferns are provided.
The Country-map generates a checklist of the pteridophytes for each country in Africa.
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Actiniopteris raddiata
Asplenium aethiopicum
Adiantum lunulatum
Aleuritoptaris welwitschii
Asplenium mannii
Actiniopteris dimorpha
Asplenium mossambicense
Acrostichum aureum
As of today, Thursday, 2 May 2024, we have 881 taxa in the database for Africa, divided over 123 genera and 36 families. Of these 881 taxa, descriptions have been completed for 768 taxa. I am always on the lookout for good pictures, please use the contact e-mail from the envelope in the footbar if you would like to contribute.
Petra!
News !
- Currently adding Flore d' Afrique Centrale
- Key in PDF format available on the genus pages for the pteridophyte species in Actiniopteris, Adiantum, Antrophyum, Blechnum, Dicranopteris, Gleichenia, Lindsaea, Mohria, Odontosoria, Schizaea and Vittaria.
- Working on spot characters for ferns and fern allies of Africa! check it out: http://fernsofafrica.com/spotlist.php
- Recently taxonomists have agreed on a new phylogenetic classification for lycopods and ferns.
(Eric Schuettpelz et al., 2016,
A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns, JSE 54-6:563-603 )
More information: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jse.12229/full