Alsophila camerooniana

Alsophila camerooniana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyatheales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Cyatheales

Familia: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species: Alsophila camerooniana
Varietates: A. c. var. aethiopica – A. c. var. camerooniana – A. c. var. congi – A. c. var. currorii – A. c. var. occidentalis – A. c. var. ugandensis – A. c. var. zenkeri

Name

Alsophila camerooniana (Hook.) R.M.Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 30 (1970).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cyathea camerooniana Hook. in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 21 (1865).
  • Alsophila camerunensis Diels, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 135 (1899).
    • Cyathea camerunensis (Diels) Domin, Pteridophyta 262 (1929).
  • Alsophila congoensis Bonap., Notes Ptéridol. 14: 241 (1924).
    • Cyathea congoensis (Bonap.) Domin, Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 106 (1930)
  • Cyathea principis Domin, Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 150 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

All varieties: Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands (Bioko, Príncipe), Zaïre. Regional: East Tropical Africa Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tryon, R.M. 1970. The classification of the Cyatheaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 200: 3–53. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 30

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Alsophila camerooniana – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jan 08.
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alsophila camerooniana. Published online. Accessed: Jan 08 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alsophila camerooniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Alsophila camerooniana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jan 2020.

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