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Asplenium smedsii Pichi Sermolli 1977

  • 1. Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences-Biology, University of Koblenz, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. efischer @ uni-koblenz. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7455 - 9833
  • 2. Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences-Biology, University of Koblenz, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. efischer @ uni-koblenz. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7455 - 9833 & Botanical Gardens Bonn University, Meckenheimer Allee 171, D- 51115 Bonn, Germany. lobin @ hotmail. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7243 - 4954 * Author for correspondence & Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences-Biology, University of Koblenz, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. efischer @ uni-koblenz. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7455 - 9833

Description

Asplenium smedsii Pichi Sermolli (1977a: 60).

Holotype: — ETHIOPIA. Shashamane: road to Ababa, ca. 1550 m, November 1971, G.T.de Joncheere ETS 50 (FI003264 [digital image!]).

Specimens seen:— Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Monti a sud-est del Lago Kivu a km 45 da Bukavo lungo la strada per Astrida. Epifita a m. 1.50 da suolo nella foresta umida tagliata dalla strada, ca. 2300 m, 15 August 1956, R.E.G.Pichi Sermolli 5328 (FI067886 [digital image!]).

First recorded for Rwanda: — Pichi Sermolli (1985: 152).

Habitat: —Epiphyte in montane forest, elev. 2300–2600 m.

Distribution in Rwanda:—Western Province: Nyungwe NP.

General distribution: —Africa: D.R. Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Madagascar. Also in Réunion.

Notes

Published as part of Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, pp. 1-65 in Phytotaxa 608 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8248950

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FI
Event date
1956-08-15
Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
FI003264 , FI067886
Order
Polypodiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Pichi Sermolli
Species
smedsii
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1956-08-15
Taxonomic concept label
Asplenium smedsii Sermolli, 1977 sec. Fischer & Lobin, 2023

References

  • Pichi Sermolli, R. E. G. (1977 a) Novitates pteridologicae aethiopicae. Webbia 32: 51 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00837792.1977.10670082
  • 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