Alsophila manniana

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Alsophila manniana

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cyatheales 

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

Familia: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species: Alsophila manniana

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Cyathea engleri Hieron., Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 1 (1910).
    • Cyathea laurentiorum Christ, Miss. Émile Laurent: 14 (1905).
    • Cyathea manniana Hook. in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 21 (1865).
    • Cyathea preussii Diels, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 127 (1899).
      • Cyathea manniana var. preussii (Diels) Tardieu, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14, 4: 337 (1952).
    • Cyathea sellae Pirotta, Ann. Bot. (Rome) 7: 173 (1908).
    • Cyathea usambarensis Hieron., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas 88 (1895).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands (Annobón, Bioko, São Tomé), Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Spiny tree fern, Sheshino
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