Aspleniaceae
Phegopteris

Phegopteris cruciata (Willd.) Mett.

First published in F.A.M.Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 122 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Pseudophegopteris cruciata.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Viullard; Le Planche] [s.n.] Reunion Pseudophegopteris cruciata K000435855 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Camus] [s.n.] Pseudophegopteris cruciata K000435857 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bojer [s.n.] Mauritius Pseudophegopteris cruciata K000435856 Lectotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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