Asplenium protensum Schrader (1818: 916)

Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, Phytotaxa 608 (1), pp. 1-65 : 34

Asplenium protensum Schrader (1818: 916) .

Holotype? (see Viane 2021: 175):— SOUTH AFRICA. Cap , Hesse s.n. ( LE?)

Specimens seen:— Western Province: Weg Gisenyi (= Rubavu) – Kibuye (= Karongi ), km 40, Gishwati-woud , 6 February 1972, P. Van der Veken 9283 ( BR0000016313651 ) ; Astrida (= Huye) – Bukavu , en forêt, talus de la route avant km 62, 10 January 1960, S.C.Antun-Gupffert 620 ( BR0000016313637 ) ; Forêt de Nyungwe, environs du Kamiranzovu, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi ), September 1971, G.Bouxin 1227 ( BR0000016313644 ) ; Astrida (= Huye) – Bukavu avant km 60, 2 January 1960, S.C.Antun-Gupffert 606 ( BR0000016313620 ) . Southern Province: Préfecture de Gikongoro (= Nyamagabe), commune Kivu, Savane de Nyabihu , 3 August 1999, C.E.N.Ewango 2171 ( BR0000009699557 ) ; Route Butare (= Huye) – Cyangugu (= Rusizi ) km 61, préfecture Gikongoro , 31 August 1974, P. Van der Veken 11061 ( BR0000016313668 , B 20 0084659) .

First recorded for Rwanda: — Brause & Hieronymus (1910: 16).

Habitat: —Terrestrial in montane forest and bamboo forest, elev. 1900–2500 m.

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

General distribution: —Africa: Guinea to Ethiopia, southwards to Rep. South Africa, Madagascar, Comoros. Also in the Mascarenes, Yemen.