Polypodiaceae
Arthropteris

Arthropteris orientalis (J.F.Gmel.) Posth.

First published in Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 21: 218 (1924)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean, N. Yemen. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Comoros, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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

  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 159, t. 7, fig. 11, 12 (1953).
  • in Rec.Trav. Bot. Néerl. 21 : 218 (1924)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2636] Cameroon K000108948 No
Aug 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [957] Cameroon K000108947 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3300] Cameroon K000108952 No
Jul 1, 2001 Gosline, G. [145] Cameroon K000108946 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3438] Cameroon K000108953 No
Nov 1, 1993 Lane, P. [11] Cameroon K000011755 No
Nov 1, 1993 Cable, S. [21] Cameroon K000108961 No
Feb 6, 1938 Wilson, C.T. [5] Uganda K000435685 Type Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9185] Zambia K001574984 Yes
Humblot, L. [274] Comoros K000435682 Type Yes
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Cameroon K000696661 No
Madagascar K000435684 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kamau, P.; Christenhusz, M.J.M [596] Kenya K000696606 No
Gilpin, H. [s.n.] Madagascar K000435683 Type Yes
Bouton [s.n.] Mauritius K000435681 Unknown Type Material Yes

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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images