Asplenium erectum Bory ex Willd. (1810: 328)

Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, Phytotaxa 608 (1), pp. 1-65 : 17

Asplenium erectum Bory ex Willd. (1810: 328) .

Lectotype (designated by Sledge (1965: 251):— LA RÉUNION. Les vieux troncs pour(r)is des grands bois, J.B. Bory de St. Vincent 70 (B-W 19906-01 0 [digital image!], isolectotype P00483019).

Specimens seen:— Northern Province: Volcano NP, chaîne des Birunga (= Virunga), pied sud-est du Gahinga , 11 October 1974, J.Lambinon 74/1536 ( BR0000016300118 ) ; Kinigi , au bord d’un ruisseau séché, 25 June 1961, S.C.Antun-Gupffert 1031 ( BR0000016322059 ) ; Rushashi , Bumbogo , Kigali, September 1933, A. Becquet 798 ( BR0000016300071 ) . Western Province: Wisumo, centre forestier suisse commune Gisovu, Préfecture Kibuye (= Karongi ), 31 May 1978, G.Troupin 16022 ( BR0000016300125 ) ; Forêt de Nyungwe, environs d’Uwinka, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi ), 9 August 1969, G.Bouxin & M.Radoux 540 ( BR0000016300101 ) ; Astrida (= Huye) – Bukavu , Talus de la route, 10 January 1960, S.C.Antun-Gupffert 642 ( BR0000016322134 ) ; Bisenga , 4 July 1978, J.Raynal 20836 ( BR0000009544673 ) . Southern Province: Préfecture de Gikongoro (= Nyamagabe), Commune Kivu, Savane de Nyabihu , 3 August 1999, C.E.N. Ewango 2170 ( BR0000009699755 ) .

First recorded for Rwanda: — Pichi Sermolli (1985: 133) as Asplenium erectum var. usambarense (Hieron. in Brause & Hieronymus 1910: 14) Schelpe (1967: 207).

Habitat: —Terrestrial in montane forest, rarely epiphytic, elev. 1800–2650 m.

Distribution in Rwanda:—Northern Province: Volcano NP, Western Province: Gishwati-Mukura NP, Nyungwe NP. Southern Province: Nyungwe NP.

General distribution: —Africa: Nigeria to Ethiopia, southwards to Rep. South Africa, Madagascar.Also in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia.