Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium sandersonii Hook.

First published in Sp. Fil. 3: 147 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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

  • Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 229, map, figs. (1990)
  • Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 67 (1991)
  • Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, 28: 175, t. 33/4–5 (1953)
  • Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 183, t. 53b (1970)
  • Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 139, t. 43/1 (1915)
  • Sp. Fil. 3: 147, t. 179 (1860)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 27, t. 172 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Mungai, G. [3166] Kenya K000438374 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2575] Cameroon K000109020 No
Jul 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [950] Cameroon K000109019 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9700] Cameroon K000518588 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5885] Cameroon K000381432 No
Osborne, J. [JO1467] Mozambique K001346174 Yes
Tweedie [2685] Kenya K001639811 Yes
Wightman, N.; Alfonsi, J.; Conradie, C.; Du Pleiss, D.; Du Pleiss, S; O'Connor, N. [NCW654] Zambia K001870063 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S. [17748] Uganda K001636697 Yes
North Wood, A. (Rev.) Tanzania K000645747 Yes
Harris, T. [87] Mozambique K000545077 No
La Croix, I.F. [5021] Congo, Republic of the K000501430 No

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