Pellaeopsis inaequalis

Cheilanthes inaequalis sub Notholaena inaequalis (on the left)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Pellaeopsis
Species: Pellaeopsis inaequalis

Name

Pellaeopsis inaequalis (Kunze) Windham, Taxon 74(2): 280 (2025).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Notholaena inaequalis Kunze, Farrnkr. 1: 146, t. 64 f. 1 (1844).
      • Type: Transvaal. “Macalis Berg”, J. Burke s.n. (LZ; isotypes: B 20 0130183, B 20 0130184, BM, K 000435528).
  • Homotypic
    • Cheilanthes inaequalis (Kunze) Mett., Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1): 68, n. 15, t. 3, f. 4 (1859).
    • Hemionitis inaequalis (Kunze) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 16 (2018).
  • Heterotypic
    • Notholaena tricholepis Baker, J. Bot. 21: 245 (1883).
      • Type: Tanzania, Mpwapwa Distr., Usagara Mts, J. Hannington s.n. (Holotype: K 000435519).
      • Cheilanthes tricholepis (Baker) Domin, Bibl. Bot. 20(85-1): 133 nota (1915).
    • Notholaena inaequalis var. angolensis Fritsch, Bull. Herb. Boiss., sér. 2, 1: 1090 (1901).
      • Type: Hufla, F.X.O. de A. Newton 15 (Holotype: W).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpumalanga).
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar.

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page. 
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