Species Asplenium aethiopicum
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Asplenium:
Name from the Greek asplenon, a kind of fern.
Etymology of aethiopicum:
From the Latin aethiopicus = 'Ethiopia'; pertaining frequently to Africa in general, not just Ethiopia.
Scientific name:
Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech.
Common names:
African Spleenwort
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Candollea 6: 23 6: 22 (1935)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1935
Perennial with short rhizome. Fronds arching, soft, stipe paleate, lamina lanceolate, 2-pinnate to 4-pinnatifid, pinnae divided into narrowly obovate to narrowly oblong segments, irregularly incised, subglabrous above, paleate beneath. Sori linear, of irregular lengths, indusium subentire. Forest floors, to 400 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Grootwinterhoek Mts to W Africa, Madagascar).
Observations of Taxon
Asplenium aethiopicum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
05/12/2016 - 3:47pm
Collection:
Asplenium aethiopicum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
05/12/2016 - 3:47pm
Collection:
Asplenium aethiopicum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Guthrie Herbarium (David)
Date observed:
05/12/2016 - 5:47pm
Collection:
Asplenium aethiopicum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Guthrie Herbarium (David)
Date observed:
05/12/2016 - 5:47pm
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