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  1. Family: Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.
    1. Genus: Adiantum L.

      1. Adiantum vogelii Mett.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola, Zanzibar.

    [FWTA]

    Adiantaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

    Ecology
    Forests, usually secondary, in shade, especially on banks of rivers and as a weed in cocoa plantations; up to 1, 200 ft. alt.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

    Other Data

    Adiantum vogelii Mett. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jan 1, 2008 Luke, W.R.Q. [11487], Tanzania K000197486
    Jan 1, 2008 Luke, W.R.Q. [9529], Tanzania K000197487
    Oct 1, 2005 Darbyshire, I. [295], Cameroon K000338378
    Oct 1, 2005 Fay Louis [4832], Cameroon K000338376
    Oct 1, 2005 Fay Louis [4824], Cameroon K000338377
    Aug 29, 2000 Kisena, C. [2156], Tanzania K000557888
    Aug 29, 2000 Kisena, C. [2156], Tanzania K000557889
    Jan 1, 1996 Wheatley, J.I. [238], Cameroon K000541979
    Jan 1, 1996 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1279], Cameroon K000541978
    Jan 1, 1996 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [891], Cameroon K000518833
    May 1, 1953 Vogel [147], Equatorial Guinea K000435592 isosyntype
    May 1, 1893 Barter [s.n.], Nigeria K000435594 isosyntype
    Mann, G. [141], Equatorial Guinea K000435591 syntype
    Lye, K.A. [4277], Uganda K000557890

    Bibliography

    First published in F.A.M.Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 66 (1868)

    Accepted by

    • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

    Literature

    Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 97, t. 15, fig. 6 (1953).
    • in Mém. Acad.Petersb. sér. 7, 22, 2 : 8, 31 (1875)

    Sources

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0