Stenochlaena tenuifolia (Desv.) T.Moore

First published in Gard. Chron. 1856: 193 (1856)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Kenya and S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Florida

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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 Lomariopsis tenuifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Luino, I. [IL 075] Madagascar K001635410 Yes
Luino, I. [IL 075] Madagascar K001635411 Yes
Luino, I. [IL 075] Madagascar K001635412 Yes
R. Cranfield K001069800 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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