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

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.