Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium blastophorum Hieron.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 378 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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 West Tropical Africa

  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28 : 192, t. 36, fig. 5 (1953).
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 46 : 378 (1911)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 59 (1959)
  • Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 251, map, figs. (1990)
  • E.J. 46: 378 (1911)
  • Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 62 (1991)
  • Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 183 (1970)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 29 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ralimanana, H.; Rakotonasolo, F.; Rapanarivo, S.H.; Razafimandimby, J.J.; Mahalova, J.F. [RLI 1642] Madagascar K000751991 No
Elliott, W.R. [65] Nigeria K000423931 Syntype Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3295] Sudan K000423932 Unknown Type Material Yes

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