Osmundaceae
Osmunda

Osmunda acuta (Burm.f.) Fraser-Jenk.

First published in Indian Fern J. 36: 28 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Central & S. India. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1966 Noton, P.J. [51], India Osmunda huegeliana K001057771 Unknown type material Yes
Tweedie, J. [s.n.], Southern America Osmunda huegeliana K001057770 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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

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