Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum

Ophioglossum gomezianum Welw. ex A.Braun

First published in Filic. Afr.: 176 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Mpulamanga, W. India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 27, 1995 Adams, C.D. [4347] Ghana K000506237 No
Jul 27, 1995 Adams, C.D. [4344] Ghana K000506234 No
Jul 27, 1995 Adams, C.D. [4265] Ghana K000506236 No
Jul 27, 1995 Barten [1446] Nigeria K000506232 No
Jul 27, 1995 Hambler, D.J. [523] Nigeria K000506235 No
Jul 27, 1995 Hall, J.B. [2272] Ghana K000506238 No
Barten [s.n.] Liberia K000506239 No
Haswell, D.R. [34] Sierra Leone K001639805 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [9113] Zambia K001567861 Yes
Merrett, L. [2319] Zambia K001765001 Yes
Welwitsch [35] Angola K000351314 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch [35] Angola K000351313 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [2061] K000506233 No

Sources

  • 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