Polypodiaceae
Platycerium

Platycerium stemaria (P.Beauv.) Desv.

First published in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 213 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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

  • Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 59, fig. 59 (1908)
  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 210, t. 41, fig. 1 (1953).
  • in Mém Soc.Linn. Par. 6 : 213 (1827)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2022 Cheek, M.; Namata; Etuge; Elangwe; Mondli; Sanele; Euclay; Mambo [8099] Cameroon K001418697 Yes
Aug 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1913] Cameroon K000109234 No
Cheek; Elad; Ndumbe. [3521] Cameroon K000593181 Yes
Cheek; Elad; Ndumbe. [3521] Cameroon K001614075 Yes
Cheek; Elad; Ndumbe. [3521] Cameroon K001412847 Yes
Jaeger, P. [8039] Sierra Leone K001600812 Yes
Jaeger, P. [8039] Sierra Leone K001600813 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