Polypodiaceae
Bolbitis

Bolbitis auriculata (Lam.) Alston

First published in J. Bot. 72(Suppl.): 3 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 112, t.18, fig. 6–8 (1953).
  • in C.Chr. Ind. Fil.Suppl. 3 : 48 (1934)

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?
Dec 1, 2013 Tchiengue, B. [2496] Cameroon K000745980 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9107] Cameroon K000108978 No
Aug 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1527] Cameroon K000108979 No
Aug 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4130] Cameroon K000108976 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9937] Cameroon K000518556 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [391] Cameroon K000540261 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9723] Cameroon K000540263 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9136] Cameroon K000540267 No
Mar 19, 1932 Zenker, G.A. [2751] Cameroon K000435763 Type Yes
Ekema, S.N. [605] Cameroon K001401649 Yes
La Croix, I.F. [4967] Congo, Republic of the K000501439 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2162] Acrostichum finlaysonianum K001115350 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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