Polypodiaceae
Microgramma

Microgramma mauritiana (Willd.) Tardieu

First published in Fl. Madagasc. 5(2): 108 (1960)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, S. India, Sri Lanka. It is a rhizomatous geophyte or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

India, Sri Lanka

Introduced into:

Dominican Republic, Haiti

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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].
  • Ranasinghe, S. & al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ranasinghe, S. & al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Baker, W.J. [248] Cameroon K000609441 Yes
Langa, C.; Matimele, H.; Zandamela, J.; Osborne, J.; Rokni, S.; Munwane, C.; Machuama, B. [CL16] Mozambique K001346016 Yes
Jun 6, 1996 Brodie, S. [23] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609566 Yes
Dec 1, 1990 Upson, T. [237] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000381468 No
Dec 1, 1990 Upson, T. [237] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000381475 No
Cable, S.; Hurst, L.; Etuge, M.; Koopman, S.; Frazer, S. [1802] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609740 Yes
Fraser, P. [1010] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609872 Yes
Cable, S. [2202] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609440 Yes
Cable, S.; Hermanns, M.; Laird, J.; Hurst, L.; Fraser [2027] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609738 Yes
Cable, S.; Hurst, L.; Etuge, M.; Koopman, S.; Frazer, S.; Mohala, V.; Biese, C.; Hermans, M. [1808] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609743 Yes
Cheek, M.; Mambo; Elangwe; Namata; Okon [8014] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609736 Yes
Schoenenberger, J.; Teearu, T.; Gosline, G.; Alfred; Baltscha; Thomas [268] Cameroon Microgramma owariensis K000609745 Yes
La Croix, I.F. [4969] Congo, Republic of the Microgramma owariensis K000501464 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 277] Mauritius Polypodium mauritianum K001109696 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 277] Mauritius Polypodium mauritianum K001109697 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1944] Cameroon Anapeltis lycopodioides var. owariensis K000109155 No

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

    • Copyright applied to individual images