Family:
Polypodiaceae J.Presl & C.Presl
Genus:
Arthropteris J.Sm.

Arthropteris monocarpa (Cordem.) C.Chr.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Réunion.

[FWTA]

Davalliaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

Ecology
On rocks and trees in shade; up to 6, 500 ft. alt.

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Arthropteris monocarpa (Cordem.) C.Chr. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1942], Cameroon K000109047 No
Aug 1, 2001 Kenfack, D. [256], Cameroon K000108951 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2927], Cameroon K000108958 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3415], Cameroon K000108960 No
Aug 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [721], Cameroon K000108959 No
Jul 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [918], Cameroon K000108950 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2634], Cameroon K000108949 No
Jan 1, 1996 Williams, S. [90], Cameroon K000011753 No
Jan 1, 1996 Wheatley, J.I. [724], Cameroon K000518821 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [300], Cameroon K000011752 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [435], Cameroon K000518807 No
Jan 1, 1996 Upson, T. [43], Cameroon K000518840 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9793], Cameroon K000518800 No
Jan 1, 1996 Sonké, B. [675], Cameroon K000541968 No
Jan 1, 1996 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [870], Cameroon K000011750 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5064], Cameroon K000011749 No
Jan 1, 1996 Upson, T. [73], Cameroon K000518796 No
Jan 1, 1996 Maitland, T.D. [1102], Cameroon K000510938 No
Nov 1, 1993 Wheatley, J.I. [439], Cameroon K000011748 No
Nov 1, 1993 Lane, P. [84], Cameroon K000011751 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9153], Cameroon K000011754 No
Jan 1, 1993 Watts, J. [534], Cameroon K000518825 No
Jan 1, 1993 Cheek, M. [3707], Cameroon K000541967 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9533], Cameroon K000518824 No
Luke, W.R.Q. [8125], Tanzania K000115138 No

First published in Cat. Pl. Madagasc., Pterid.: 32 (1931)

Accepted by

  • 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.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 160, t. 7, fig. 8, 9, 10 (1953).
  • in Perrier Cat. Pl.Madag. Ptérid. 32 (1931)

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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