Pteridaceae
Actiniopteris

Actiniopteris radiata (Sw.) Link

First published in Fil. Spec.: 80 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iran to Myanmar. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2024). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.53.53302. epublication.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • 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

  • Bedd. Ferns S. Ind. t .124 (1863)
  • Cent. Ferns, t. 75 (1854)
  • Engl.Pflanzenw. Afr. 2 : 42, fig. 37 (1908).
  • Fil. Spec. 80 (1841)
  • Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 975 (1854)
  • W. Cross in Gard. Chron. 1870: 244, fig. 41

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2024). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.53.53302. epublication.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 9, 2007 Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3511] Ethiopia K000539586 No
Feb 8, 1999 Geilinger, Dr. [4236] Tanzania K000570037 No
Feb 8, 1999 Kirrika [s.n.] Kenya K000539652 No
Feb 8, 1999 Napper, D.M. [494] Kenya K000570005 No
Feb 8, 1999 Robinson, E.A. [1670] Tanzania K000539736 No
Feb 8, 1999 Eggeling, W.J. [E2414] Uganda K000539643 No
Feb 8, 1999 Napper, D.M. [494] Kenya K000570008 No
Feb 8, 1999 Nixon, K. [s.n.] Tanzania K000539737 No
Feb 8, 1999 Thorold, C.A. [2729] Kenya K000539654 No
Feb 8, 1999 Gatheri, G.W.; Mungai, G.M.; Kanuri Kibui [79/158] Kenya K000570011 No
Feb 8, 1999 Schlieben, H.J. [3197] Tanzania K000539739 No
Feb 8, 1999 Geilinger, Dr. [4780] Tanzania K000570036 No
Feb 8, 1999 Hemming, C.F. [271] Kenya K000539656 No
Feb 8, 1999 Eggeling, W.J. [1205] Uganda K000539644 No
Feb 8, 1999 Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [331] Kenya K000570013 No
Feb 8, 1999 Glover, P.E. [260] Tanzania K000539738 No
Feb 8, 1999 Schlieben, H.J. [6367] Tanzania K000539743 No
Aug 26, 1998 Kabuye, C.H.S.; Faden, R.B.; Beentje, H.J. [654] Kenya K000570022 No
Sep 2, 1991 Robertson, S.A.; Luke, Q. [6215] Kenya K000570020 No
Jan 2, 1991 Ruffo [2507] Tanzania K000570047 No
Aug 30, 1989 Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [36] Ethiopia K000539579 No
Nov 2, 1987 Robson, N.K.B. [792] Zambia K000539886 No
Oct 23, 1987 Linder [3622] Kenya K000539648 No
Mar 16, 1987 Tardelli, M. [11] Somalia K000539578 No
Jul 1, 1985 Wendelberger [239] Kenya K000570024 No
Jun 8, 1982 Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8785] Zimbabwe K000539895 No
May 21, 1982 Chisumpa, S.M. [471] Zambia K000539884 No
Jan 1, 1982 Friis, I.; Vollesen, K. [1151] Sudan K000539569 No
Jan 1, 1980 Cardoso [39] Cabo Verde K000548559 No
Jan 1, 1980 Cardoso [83] Cabo Verde K000548560 No
Jan 1, 1980 Chevalier, A. [44923] Cabo Verde K000548561 No
Aug 13, 1975 Hale, A.J. [64] Kenya K000570029 No
Jan 1, 1973 Gossweiler, J. [1719] Angola K000539905 No
Jan 1, 1972 Keraudren, M. [1503] Madagascar K000570109 No
Jan 1, 1968 Wilde, W.J.J.O., de; Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E., de [10559] Ethiopia K000539584 No
Jan 1, 1966 Sow, G., van [1799C] Botswana K000539901 No
Jan 1, 1966 Sow, G., van [1799C] Botswana K000539900 No
Jan 1, 1964 Letouzey, R. [6446] K000548577 No
Jan 1, 1964 Biholong, M. [102] K000548579 No
Jan 1, 1964 Bounougou, E. [177bis] K000548578 No
Aug 1, 1963 Waller, P.H. [s.n.] Malawi K000539876 No
Aug 1, 1963 Buchanan [21] Malawi K000539877 No
Aug 1, 1963 S.I. [s.n.] India K000539321 No
Aug 1, 1963 Kotschy [100] Ethiopia K000539573 No
Aug 1, 1963 Kotschy [100] Egypt K000539281 No
Aug 1, 1963 Thomson, T. [485] India K000539284 No
Jan 1, 1961 Holst, C. [2546] Tanzania K000570040 No
Jan 1, 1961 Hildebrandt, J.M. [1487] Somalia K000539592 No
Jan 1, 1961 Buchanan [15] South Africa K000539968 No
Jan 1, 1961 Collenette, S. [67] Somalia K000539594 No
Oteke, J. [13] Kenya K000539649 No
Daramola, B.; Ekwuno, P. [67344] Nigeria K000548563 No
Mathew, B. [6576] Kenya K000539651 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8598] Zambia K001567799 Yes
Seydel, R. [4441] Namibia K000539963 No
Dyer, R.A. [5342] South Africa K000539970 No
Smook, L. [2661] South Africa K000539965 No
Edgeworth [s.n.] K000539292 No
Burrows, J.E. [3062] Zimbabwe K000539891 No
Gardrin [1342] Sri Lanka K000548550 No
Gillett, J.B.; Brenan, J.P.M. [21697] Kenya K000570007 No
Beddome, R.H. [s.n.] India K000539320 No
Gamble, J.S. [20935] India K000548543 No
Braggins, J.E. [82/15] Sri Lanka K000548547 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri; Boer, Prof.de; Braun, H. [13193] Tanzania K000570033 No
Wight, Dr. [s.n.] India K000539291 No
Wallich, N. [197] India K000539286 No
Gillett, J.B.; Faden, R.B. [18140] Kenya K000570003 No
Haarer, A.E. [1316] Tanzania K000570041 No
Ash, J.W. [196] Ethiopia K000539587 No
Gillett, J.B. [19260] Kenya K000570004 No
Kimani, Z.J. [253A] Kenya K000539645 No
Grote [5903] Tanzania K000570046 No
Gough, Viscount, G. [3260] India K000539313 No
Saldanha, C.J. [14113] India K000539314 No
Kabir (Drummond, J.R.) [15252] India K000539301 No
Merxmueller, H. [498] South Africa K000539969 No
Mahindar, H.S. [285] Tanzania K000570038 No
Brown, A.J.; Brown, Mrs. [873] Sudan K000539572 No
Bamps, P.; Raimundo, F.; Matos, C. [4039] Angola K000539902 No
Grote [5903] Tanzania K000570045 No
Smook, L. [9292] Namibia K000539952 No
Manickam, V.S. [31517] India K000539316 No
O'Connor, S. [1] Madagascar K000570107 No
Faden, R.B. [67/645] Kenya K000570012 No
Welwitsch, Dr. [163] Angola K000539910 No
Robertson, S.A. [662] Tanzania K000539741 No
Wallich, N. [197] India K000539293 No
Rodin, R.J. [3664] South Africa K000539972 No
Godding, H.C. [99] Somalia K000539566 No
Lam, H.J.; Meeuse, A.D.J. [5423] Madagascar K000570110 No
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/933] Kenya K000539647 No
Leach, L.C.; Bayliss, R.D. [13278] South Africa K000539964 No
Schweinfurth, G. [290] Yemen K000539267 No
Lace, J.H. [4872] Burma K000548554 No
Anonymous [586] India K000548545 No
Bjørnstad, A. [855] Tanzania K000539744 No
Gamble, J.S. [12174] India K000548541 No
Welwitsch, Dr. [78] Angola K000539904 No
Sauliere, A. [431] India K000539289 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [10203] Zambia K000539881 No
Chisumpa, S.M. [117] Zambia K000539879 No
Wickens, G.E. [1978] Sudan K000539568 No
Isaac, W.E. [1933] Kenya K000570014 No
Stocks, dr. [66] India K000539309 No
Jacobsen, N. [625] Zimbabwe K000539893 No
Sledge, W.A. [1035] Sri Lanka K000548553 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kirrika [11084] Tanzania K000570034 No
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000539294 No
Lugard, E.J. [226] Botswana K000539899 No
Mitchell, D.S. [907] Zimbabwe K000539890 No
Jacquemont, V. [48] India K000539298 No
Venter, F. [1112] South Africa K000539966 No
Wood, J.R.I. [2617] Yemen K000539268 No
Tölken, H.; Hardy, D. [946] Namibia K000539953 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3014B] Tanzania K000570043 No
Forsskal, P. [s.n.] Yemen K000539270 No
Bates, Col. [2] India K000539296 No
Lankester, C.H. [s.n.] Sudan K000539576 No
Cox, J.; Abdallah, R. [2300] Tanzania K000570048 No
Musselman, L.J. [6250] Sudan K000539570 No
Peter, A. [16578] Tanzania K000570042 No
Robinson, W. [85] Sri Lanka K000548549 No
Burrows, J.E. [3323] Namibia K000539955 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.; Evans, R. [70/139] Kenya K000570009 No
Barker, Miss [s.n.] Zimbabwe K000539897 No
Greenway, P.J.; Savidge, J.; Kanuri. [14070] Tanzania K000539745 No
Menezes, A. [3612] Angola K000539907 No
Kässner, B. [621] Kenya K000570023 No
Ralph, T.S. [281] India K000539305 No
Wickens, G.E. [3085] Sudan K000539577 No
Faden, R.B. [71/40] Kenya K000570021 No
Wickens, G.E. [2615] Sudan K000539571 No
Dinter [7505] Namibia K000539958 No
Ash, J.W. [2907] Ethiopia K000539588 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [10203] Zambia K000539880 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [2897] Ethiopia K000539582 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7014] Kenya K000570016 No
Gibson [s.n.] India K000539290 No
Bingham, M.G.; Truluck, T.; Waele, B., de [11037] Zambia K000539878 No
Manickam, V.S.; Matthew, K.M. [33142] India K000539318 No
Mwachala, G. [1190] Kenya K000570018 No
Lace, J.H. [4872] Burma K000548555 No
Kabir (Drummond, J.R.) [15250] India K000539304 No
Martin, W.H.R. [124] Kenya K000539657 No
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [28] Kenya K000539655 No
Mungai, G.M.; Nyakundi [79] Kenya K000570027 No
Gamble, J.S. [20886] India K000548542 No
Ralimanana, H. [RLI 1426] Madagascar K000663411 No
Lynes, H. [633] Sudan K000539574 No
Stuart Watt, C. [s.n.] Kenya K000570031 No
Grimshaw, J.M. [93/1121] Tanzania K000539735 No
Leistner, O.; Steenkamp; Vorster. [198] Namibia K000539954 No
Bourne, A.G. [5140] India K000539311 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [10198] Zambia K000539882 No
Beckett, J.J. [1616] Somalia K000539591 No
Brooks, R.R.; Baker, A.; Schat, H.; Malaisse, F. [278] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000548576 No
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2663] Zimbabwe K000539888 No
Borges, A. [204] Angola K000539906 No
Harris, B.J.; Pócs, T. [3259] Tanzania K000539740 No
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [53] Kenya K000539659 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A. [71/389] Kenya K000570010 No
Jarrett, F.M.; Saldanha, C. [17024] India K000548546 No
Mabberley, D.J.; McCall [68] Kenya K000570030 No
Gilbert, M.G. [5021-5035] Kenya K000539646 No
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2780] Kenya K000570017 No
Peck, E.F. [265] Somalia K000539593 No
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K [1036] Ethiopia K000539567 No
Peter, A. [33602] Tanzania K000570032 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.; Msafiri, F. [70/973] Kenya K000570028 No
Barclay, C. [1317] Reunion K000570113 No
Burrows, J.E. [3025] Zimbabwe K000539887 No
Anonymous [24751] India K000539302 No
O'Brien, E.M. [205] Somalia K000539590 No
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [76/558] Sri Lanka K000548552 No
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. [4773] Namibia K000539956 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kirrika [11038] Tanzania K000570035 No
Merxmueller, H.; Griess, W. [1501] Namibia K000539960 No
Verdcourt, B. [2642] Kenya K000570015 No
Anonymous [s.n.] India K000539285 No
Karani, P. [151] Tanzania K000570039 No
Martin, W.H.R. [110] Kenya K000539658 No
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.; Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan [4850] Ethiopia K000539589 No
Prior, A. [s.n.] India K000539315 No
Seydel, R. [1560] Namibia K000539962 No
Gilbert, V.C. [1311] Kenya K000570025 No
Longhitano, N. [1] Ethiopia K000539580 No
Gilbert, M.G. [3359] Ethiopia K000539583 No
Friis, I.; Mesfin, T.; Vollesen, K. [2895] Ethiopia K000539581 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000539875 No
Chase, N.C. [8000] Zimbabwe K000539896 No
Engler, A. [6403] Namibia K000539957 No
Gamble, J.S. [17767] India K000539319 No
Polhill, E., Mrs. [345/B] Kenya K000570002 No
Golding, J.S.; Timberlake, J.; Clarke, P. [158] Mozambique K000539874 No
Gillett, J.B. [2989] South Africa K000539971 No
Mitchell, D.S. [778] Zimbabwe K000539889 No
Anonymous [s.n.] India K000539308 No
Newton, F. [s.n.] Angola K000539903 No
Matthew, K.M. [31527] India K000539317 No
Bourne, A.G. [5153] India K000539312 No
Faden, R.B.; Temba, M.; Karanja, P.H. [69/493] Kenya K000570006 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [10198] Zambia K000539883 No
Phipps, J.B. [919] Zimbabwe K000539894 No
Lorence, D.H. [4] Reunion K000570111 No
Anonymous [496] India K000539322 No
Wild, H. [7525] Zimbabwe K000539892 No
Dalziel, J.M. [246] Nigeria K000548562 No
Robertson, S.A.; Pearce, T. [6807] Kenya K000570019 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [2803] Angola K000539908 No
Haines, H.H. [5373] India K000539306 No
Allen, C.; Allen, F. [91] Zambia K000539885 No
Duthie, J.F. [5252b] India K000539307 No
Aitchison, J.E.I. [s.n.] India K000539297 No
Strey; Moll [3651] South Africa K000539975 No
Anonymous [s.n.] Reunion K000570112 No
Strey; Moll [3651] South Africa K000539974 No
Wellby, M.S., Capt. [s.n.] Kenya K000539653 No
Ruffo [2507] Tanzania K000539809 No
Falconer [s.n.] India K000539299 No
Skinner, Major [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000548551 No
Smith, P.A. [2085] Botswana K000539898 No
Braggins, J.E. [82/15] Sri Lanka K000548548 No
Peter, A. [4483b] Tanzania K000570044 No
Seydel, R. [566] Namibia K000539959 No
Ash, J.W. [183] Ethiopia K000539585 No
Wickens, G.E. [846] Sudan K000539575 No
Collenette, S. [5448] Saudi Arabia K000539269 No
Venter, F. [1112] South Africa K000539967 No
Kabir (Drummond, J.R.) [15251] India K000539300 No
Mungai, G.M.; Mutangah, J.G.; Rucina, S.M. [173/83] Kenya K000570026 No
Schmid, Dr. [s.n.] India K000539323 No
Rakotondrainibe, F. [3257] Madagascar K000570106 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K000539742 No
Gillett, J.B. [12565B] Kenya K000539650 No
Rodin, R.J. [9162] Namibia K000539973 No
Anonymous [s.n.] India K000539310 No
Anonymous [24867] India K000539303 No
Rafir, S.R.; Ratuavelu, M. [18638] India K000548544 No
Schweickerdt, H.G.W.J. [2110] Namibia K000539961 No
Thomson, T. [1342] India K000539295 No
Smith, I. [197/6] K000539287 No
Humbert, H. [2718] Madagascar K000570108 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 197] Asplenium radiatum K001109517 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 197] India Asplenium radiatum K001109515 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 197] Burma Asplenium radiatum K001109513 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 197] India Asplenium radiatum K001109512 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 197] India Asplenium radiatum K001109516 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 197] Asplenium radiatum K001109514 Unknown Type Material Yes

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