Asplenium africanum Desvaux (1811: 322)

Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, Phytotaxa 608 (1), pp. 1-65 : 9

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scientific name	Asplenium africanum Desvaux (1811: 322)
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* Asplenium africanum Desvaux (1811: 322) View in CoL .

Type: — BENIN. Palisot de Beauvois s.n. (holotype P, not found fide Beentje 2008: 10) .

New record for Rwanda:— Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest , epiphyte in montane forest, elev. 1732 m, S2°33`04.03`` E28°59`48.58``, 6 September 2017 E.Fischer s.n. ( KOBL) GoogleMaps .

Habitat: —Epiphyte in montane forest, elev. 1732–1800 m.

Distribution in Rwanda:—Western Province: Cyamudongo Forest.

General Distribution: —Africa: Guinea to Niger, southwards to Angola.

References

Beentje, H. J. (2008) Aspleniaceae. In: Beentje, H. J. & Ghazanfar, S. A. (eds.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 75 pp.

Desvaux, N. A. (1811) Observations sur quelques nouveaux genres des fougeres et sur plusieurs especes nouvelles de la meme famille. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 297 - 330.