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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.

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

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

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)

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