Ophioglossum rubellum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioglossales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Psilotopsida Ordo: Ophioglossales

Familia: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Ophioglossum
Species: Ophioglossum rubellum

Name

Ophioglossum rubellum Welw. ex A.Braun in F.A.M. Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 179. 1868.

• Type: “Angola, distr. Pungo Andongo. In pascuis brevi herbidis juxta ripas rivuii de Catete nec non prope Candumba ad flumen Cuanza. Welw. a. 1857. n. 33.”

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ophioglossum indicum B.L.Yadav & H.K.Goswami, Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B. 36(4): 155. 2010.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Sierre Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Gabon. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Northern Provinces (Mpumalanga) Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Rajasthan). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.63 – January 2019. Accessed 12 Feb 2019.