Asplenium abyssinicum Fée (1852: 199)

Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, Phytotaxa 608 (1), pp. 1-65 : 7

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scientific name	Asplenium abyssinicum Fée (1852: 199)
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Asplenium abyssinicum Fée (1852: 199) View in CoL .

Holotype: — ETHIOPIA. Amhara Province: “Locis umbrosis mediae regionis montis Silke” [ Semien Mts. ], 12 February 1840, W.Schimper 679 (B 20 0009943!; isotype FI003700 [digital image!]).

Specimens seen:— Northern Province: Volcano NP, Karisimbi (versant sud), riv. Bikwi , 27 February 1935, G.F.de Witte 1247 ( BR0000015907783 ) ; Parc des Volcans, Selle Ngahinga-Muhavura , 2 August 1974, P. Van der Veken 10591 ( BR0000015907813 , B 20 0085135) ; Chaîne des Birunga, pied sud-est du Gahinga , 11 October 1974, J.Lambinon 74/1537 ( BR0000015907806 ) ; Ibuhanga Forest , 24 October 2004, E.Fischer s.n. ( KOBL) . Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest , 16 March 2022, E.Fischer s.n. ( KOBL) .

First recorded for Rwanda: — Pichi Sermolli (1985: 125)

Habitat: —Forest floor and rock crevices in submontane to montane forest, elev. 1630–3000 m.

Distribution in Rwanda:—Northern Province: Volcano NP, Ibuhanga Forest. Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest.

General distribution: —Africa: Liberia, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Isl., D.R. Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi.

References

Fee, A. L. A. (1852) Genera Filicum. Exposition des genres de la famille des Polypodiacees (Classe des fougeres). Cinquieme Memoires sur la famille des fougeres. J. B. Bailliere & Victor Masson, Vve Berger-Levrault et Fils, Paris & Strasbourg. pp. 387, tab. XXIX.

Pichi Sermolli, R. E. G. (1985) A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Pteridophyta of Rwanda, Burundi, and Kivu (Zaire) II. Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van Belgie 55 (1 / 2): 123 - 206. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3668014