Polypodiaceae
Dryopteris

Dryopteris pentheri (Krasser) C.Chr.

First published in Index Filic.: 284 (1905)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Comoros, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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].
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Ind. Fil. 284 (1905).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ind. filic.: 284 (1905)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 36 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [8536] Cameroon K000746815 No
Sep 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2263] Cameroon K000746819 No
Sep 1, 1998 Zapfack, L. [854] Cameroon K000746816 No
Sep 1, 1998 Zapfack, L. [809] Cameroon K000746818 No
Sep 1, 1998 Zapfack, L. [837] Cameroon K000746817 No
Watts, J.P. [455] Cameroon K001518036 Yes
Plant, R.W. [325] South Africa K000675782 Type Yes
Plant, R.W. [325] South Africa K000675783 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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