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Hymenasplenium kenyense Li Bing Zhang, K. W. Xu & Kamau

  • 1. Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences-Biology, University of Koblenz, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. efischer @ uni-koblenz. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7455 - 9833
  • 2. Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences-Biology, University of Koblenz, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. efischer @ uni-koblenz. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7455 - 9833 & Botanical Gardens Bonn University, Meckenheimer Allee 171, D- 51115 Bonn, Germany. lobin @ hotmail. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7243 - 4954 * Author for correspondence & Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences-Biology, University of Koblenz, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. efischer @ uni-koblenz. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7455 - 9833

Description

* Hymenasplenium kenyense Li Bing Zhang, K.W.Xu & Kamau in Xu, Chen, Kamau, Liao & Zhang (2019: 36).

Holotype: — KENYA. Western Province: Kakamega, Kakamega Forest, Kisere Forest Reserve, 0°22’33’’N, 34°53’24’’E, 1650 m, in soil or on wet rocks along streams in primary forest, 22 September 2008, P.Kamau 41 (MO-6260287 [digital image!]).

New Record for Rwanda:— Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest, Forest floor or on wet rocks near streams and waterfalls in montane forest, 1732 m, S2°33`04.03`` E28°59`48.58``, 4 April 2021, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL); Nyungwe NP, road Pindura-Bweyeye km 10, in waterfall, 1865 m, S2°32’44.94’’ E29°14’27.56’’, 6 December 2021, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL).

Habitat: —Forest floor or on wet rocks near streams and waterfalls in montane forest, elev. 1732–1865 m.

Distribution in Rwanda:—Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest.

General distribution: —Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania.

Notes

Published as part of Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, pp. 1-65 in Phytotaxa 608 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8248950

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
KOBL
Event date
2008-09-22 , 2021-04-04
Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Hymenasplenium
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Polypodiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Li Bing Zhang, K. W. Xu & Kamau
Species
kenyense
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2008-09-22 , 2021-04-04/12-06

References

  • Xu, K. - W., Chen, C. - W., Kamau, P., Liao, W. - B. & Zhang, L. - B. (2019) Four new species of the fern genus Hymenasplenium (Aspleniaceae) from Africa and Asia. Phytotaxa 416: 32 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 416.1.4