Polypodiaceae
Lepisorus

Lepisorus excavatus (Bory ex Willd.) Ching

First published in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 68 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Luke, W.R.Q.; Luke, P.A.; Pocs, T.; Pocs, S.; Finch, B. [10254] Kenya K000197496 No
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2241] Cameroon K000436944 No
Nov 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1820] Cameroon K000746286 No
Aug 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [656] Cameroon K000109148 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2928] Cameroon K000109153 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2790] Cameroon K000109149 No
Aug 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [720] Cameroon K000109150 No
Aug 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [203] Cameroon K000109147 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2403] Cameroon K000109151 No
Aug 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [655] Cameroon K000109152 No
Aug 1, 2001 Ryan, P. [285] Cameroon K000109146 No
Aug 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [375] Cameroon K000109145 No
Jul 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [852] Cameroon K000746736 No
Apr 21, 1999 Uhlig, C. [123] Tanzania K000435920 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Kassner, T. [2968] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000435923 Isosyntype Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2725] Zambia K001639020 Yes
Zapfack, L. [554] Cameroon K001394731 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [17702] India K000959556 Holotype Yes
Agnew, A. [8676] Kenya K000609925 No
Ralimanana, H. [RLI 1377] Madagascar K000663365 No
Langley Kitching [s.n.] Madagascar K000435919 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pool, W. [s.n.] Madagascar K000435918 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kamau, P.; Christenhusz, M.J.M [607] Kenya K000696590 No
Haswell, D.R. [11] Sierra Leone Pleopeltis excavata K001519528 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Bamps, P. [2962] Rwanda Lepisorus bampsii K000435924 Isotype Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [1137] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746741 No
Nov 1, 2000 OKU [74] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746851 No
Nov 1, 2000 Cable, S. [3124] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746737 No
Nov 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [1207] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746742 No
Nov 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [1053] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746744 No
Nov 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [815] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746739 No
Nov 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2212] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746743 No
Nov 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [814] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746738 No
Jan 1, 2000 Cable, S. [2960 A] Cameroon Lepisorus preussii K000746740 No
Jan 1, 1994 Schimper [1560] Ethiopia Lepisorus phlebodes K000435922 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Schimper [1364] Ethiopia Lepisorus phlebodes K000435921 Type Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5169] India Polypodium grevilleanum K001120025 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jaeger, P. [1169] Sierra Leone Polypodium excavatum K001519065 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [189] South Africa Polypodium excavatum K001604761 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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