Polypodiaceae
Elaphoglossum

Elaphoglossum conforme (Sw.) Schott

First published in Gen. Fil. (Vindob.): t. 14 (1835)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is St. Helena, Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Rwanda, St.Helena, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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

  • Gen. Fil. t. 14 (1834).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Carmichael [s.n.] K000435735 Type Yes
[Mund] [27] K000435736 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K000435734 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000435733 Unknown Type Material 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images