Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllum

Hymenophyllum sibthorpioides (Bory ex Willd.) Mett.

First published in F.A.M.Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 41 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Mabberley, D.J. [678] Tanzania K000889355 No
Jan 1, 2002 Borhidi, A; Iversen, S.T.; Ruffo, C.K.; Steiner, M [86503] Tanzania K000889349 No
Jan 1, 1974 Correia, M.F.; Marques, A. [2475] Mozambique K000934244 No
Jan 1, 1967 Napper, D.M. [2172] Kenya K000889342 No
Dransfield, J. [4824] Tanzania K000889351 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.; Wolf, T. [69/848] Kenya K000889344 No
Last, J.T. [s.n.] Mozambique K000934248 No
K000435611 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, Dr. [s.n.] K000934246 No
Schneller, T. [255138] Zimbabwe K000934245 No
Timberlake, J. [5088] Mozambique K000613468 No
Thomas, D. [3865] Tanzania K000889345 No
Peter, A. [19369] Tanzania K000889352 No
North Wood, A. [s.n.] Tanzania K000889347 No
Greenway, P.J. [4660] Tanzania K000889353 No
Cordemoy, J [21] K000435614 Unknown Type Material Yes
K000435612 Type Yes
Gilpin, H. [s.n.] Madagascar K000435613 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mitchell, D.F. [321] Zimbabwe K000934249 No
Pocs, T.; Nchimbi, K.B.G. [6285/R] Tanzania K000889346 No
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4095D] Kenya K000889341 No
Greenway, P.J. [3007] Tanzania K000889354 No
Schafer, P.A. [6865] Mozambique K000934243 No
Beentje, H.J.; Ndiang'ui, N.; Mutangah, J.; Nyakundi [974] Kenya K000889343 No
Dowsett- Lemaire, F. [1149] Malawi K000934250 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1670] Tanzania K000889356 No
Lovett, J.; Hamilton, A. [883] Tanzania K000889350 No
Thulin, M.; Mhoro, B. [3045] Tanzania K000889348 No
Whellan, J.A. [2151] Mozambique K000932592 No
Wild, H. [6251] Malawi K000934247 No

Sources

  • 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