Polypodiaceae
Oleandra

Oleandra distenta Kunze

First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 347 (1851)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28 : 156 (1953), incl. var. villosa.
  • in Bot. Zeit. 9 : 347 (1851)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2023 Zapfack, L. [1024] Cameroon K001394698 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Etuge, M. [3601] Cameroon K000746758 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3581] Cameroon K000108957 No
Aug 1, 2001 Lane, P. [18] Cameroon K000011759 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3753] Cameroon K000109089 No
Aug 1, 2001 Wheatley, J.I. [422] Cameroon K000108964 No
Jul 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [663] Cameroon K000109173 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2670] Cameroon K000109022 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2475] Cameroon K000109172 No
Jan 1, 1998 Tekwe, C. [266] Cameroon K000436196 No
Jul 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7782] Cameroon K000381604 No
Jul 1, 1996 Etuge, M. [1458] Cameroon K000381605 No
Jul 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7704] Cameroon K000381608 No
Nov 1, 1993 Lane, P. [66] Cameroon K000011761 No
Jan 1, 1993 Sidwell, K. [87] Cameroon K000541966 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tekwe, C. [298] Cameroon K000011760 No
Harris, T. [258] Mozambique K000613333 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [153] South Africa K001532836 Yes
La Croix, I.F. [4980] Congo, Republic of the K000501445 No
Etuge, M. [2497] Cameroon K001400053 Yes
Tisserant, C. [1016] Central African Republic K001600833 Yes
Tisserant, C. [1076] Central African Republic K001600834 Yes
Welwitsch [188] Angola K000435692 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harris, T. [91] Mozambique K000545080 No
Harris, T. [543] Malawi K000614624 No

Sources

  • 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