Published August 15, 2023 | Version v1
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Asplenium rukararense Hieron.

  • 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 rukararense Hieron. in Brause & Hieronymus (1910: 12).

Holotype: — RWANDA. Rugege-Wald (= Nyungwe), (Rukarara). häufig auf Waldboden, Mitte August 1907, J.Mildbraed 922 (B 20 0020851!).

Specimens seen:— Western Province: Gisenyi (= Rubavu) – Kibuye (= Karongi) km 40 Préfect. Gisenyi, 6 February 1972, P.Bamps 3106 (BR0000016314061); Gishwati-Mukura NP, epiphyte near Park Head Quarter, 4 October 2022, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL); environs du lac Kivu, route Nyamasheke – Ntendezi à 10 km de Nyamasheke, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi), 27 March 1972, G.Bouxin 1484 (BR0000016314085); Kamiranjovu (= Kamiranzovu) – Terr. Shangugu (= Rusizi), 23 March 1956, A.R.Christiaensen 1525 (BR0000016314092); Monti a sud-est del lago Kivu a 51 km da Bukavu lungo la strada per Astrida (= Huye), 15 August 1956, R.Pichi Sermolli 530 2 (BR0000016314108); Forêt de Nyungwe environs du Kamiranzovu, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi), September 1971, G.Bouxin 1233 (BR0000016314078); Road Pindura – Bweyeye km 24, 6 December 2021, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL); Gisakura, 18 March 2006, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL); Cyamudongo Forest, 6 January 2019, E. Fischer s.n. (KOBL).

First recorded for Rwanda: — Brause & Hieronymus (1910: 12).

Habitat: —Terrestrial in montane forest, elev. 1900–2600 m.

Endemic status: —Albertine Rift Endemic.

Distribution in Rwanda:—Western Province: Gishwati-Mukura NP, Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest, Gisakura, Kamiranzovu, Pindura-Bweyeye.

General distribution: —Africa: Rwanda, Burundi.

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 pages 40-41, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8248950

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References

  • Brause, G. & Hieronymus, G. (1910) Polypodiaceae. In: Mildbraed, J. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1907 - 1908 unter Fuhrung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg 2. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, pp. 2 - 36.