Asplenium rutifolium (P.J.Bergius) Kunze (1836: 521)

Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, Phytotaxa 608 (1), pp. 1-65 : 41

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scientific name	Asplenium rutifolium (P.J.Bergius) Kunze (1836: 521)
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Asplenium rutifolium (P.J.Bergius) Kunze (1836: 521) View in CoL ( Fig. 1 C View FIGURE 1 ).

Caenopteris rutifolia P.J. Bergius (1786: 249) View in CoL

Holotype: — SOUTH AFRICA. Cape, C.P.Thunberg s.n. ( SBT10616 ; isotype B-W 19854-01 0!).

Specimens seen – Eastern Province: Parc National Akagera, mont Mutumba. Préfecture: Byumba , 22 January 1980, D.Bridson 272 ( BR0000016326750 ) ; Parc National Akagera, mont Mutumba, Préfecture Byumba , 9 December 1974, G.Troupin 15580 ( BR0000016314276 ) ; Parc National Akagera , au N. de Nyaruhata, 27 August 1974, O.Ubonabenshi 47 ( BR0000008735362 ) ; Parc National Akagera , au N. de Nyaruhata, 27August 1974, O.Ubonabenshi 54 ( BR0000008735034 ) .

First recorded for Rwanda: — Pichi Sermolli (1985: 152) as Asplenium strangeanum Pich.Serm. (1977b: 83) .

Habitat: —Terrestrial in gallery forest and dry forest, elev. 1300–1600 m.

Distribution in Rwanda:—Eastern Province: Akagera NP, Mt. Mutumba, Mugesera.

General distribution: —Africa: Uganda, Kenya to Rep. South Africa, Swaziland, Comoros, Mascarenes, Madagascar. Also in Yemen (extinct?, see Viane 2021: 191).

References

Bergius, P. (1786) Caenopteris, novum e filicibus genus, descriptum. Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperii Petropoli 6: 248 - 250.

Kunze, G. (1836) Acotyledonearum Africae australioris recensio nova. Linnaea 10: 481 - 570.

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

Viane, R. L. L. (2021) Aspleniaceae of Madagascar. A revision with annotations from the Mascarenes, the Comoros, TAAF, and continental Africa. University Press Wachtebeke, 247 pp.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Asplenium centrafricanum group, details of pinnae.—A, B. Asplenium centrafricanum.—C. A. rutifolium.—D, E. A. loxoscaphoides.—F, G. A. sertularioides.—Photographs: E.Fischer. A, B. Mt. Muzimu, C. Akagera. O.Ubonabenshi 54. E.Moggi K5; D. Schellenberg Costa. D. Kilimanjaro. P.Ballings. F, G.Gahinga. Scale bar: A. 1 cm; B. 5 cm; C. 1 cm; D–G. 2 cm. Reproduced with permission from BR, African plants – A Photo Guide www.africanplants.senckenberg.de (D. Schellenberg Costa).