Polypodiaceae
Pyrrosia

Pyrrosia rhodesiana (C.Chr.) Schelpe

First published in J. S. African Bot. 18: 126 (1952)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uganda to S. Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • iNaturalist.org (2019-countinuously updated). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Occurrence dataset http://www.inaturalist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Eyles, F. [4472] Zimbabwe K000435926 Type Yes
Eyles, F. [4472] Zimbabwe K000435925 Unknown Type Material Yes
Massunde, J. [JM723] Mozambique K001346331 Yes
Ralimanana, H. [RLI 1399] Madagascar K000663383 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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