Pteridaceae
Hemionitis

Hemionitis scioana (Chiov.) Christenh.

First published in Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Kenya, Socotra, S. Arabian Peninsula, NW. India. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blade narrowly elliptic, to c. 12 x 4 cm, 2-pinnate; pinnules subentire to crenately lobed, linear-oblong, glabrous above, covered by a whitish powder and with narrow scales along rhachis and rhachides below; petiole equalling or shorter than leaf-blade, dark brown, shiny, with pale brown scales.
Distribution
N1–3; C1; S1; Socotra, Ethiopia, Sudan, N Kenya, Arabia
Ecology
Altitude range 300–1870 m.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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