Alsophila manniana

Alsophila manniana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species: Alsophila manniana

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

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 manniana – 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 09.
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alsophila manniana. Published online. Accessed: Jan 09 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alsophila manniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Alsophila manniana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jan 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Spiny tree fern, Sheshino

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