Asplenium friesiorum Christensen 1924
Creators: name: Fischer, Eberhard
name: Lobin, Wolfram
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium
Asplenium friesiorum

description: Asplenium friesiorum Christensen (1924: 181) (Fig. 18 E, F, G, Fig. 20, 21).   
 Holotype: — KENYA. Mt. Kenya, West Kenia Forest Station, 2300 m, 30 December 1921, R.E.& T.C.E.Fries 573 (B 200014940!; isotypes BM000785454!, K000423892!).   
 Specimens seen:—Northern Province: Lichtungen mit Hypericum - Gebüsch im Bambusmischwald süd̂stl. Karisimbi westl. Kalago-See, 2300 m., November 1907, Mildbraed 1652 (B 20 0224252, B 20 0224253; N-weg van Ruhengeri (= Musanze) naar Rwaza, langs rivierdal van de Mukungwa, 23 February 1972, P. Van der Veken 9483 (BR0000016303072); N Bulera-meer, gemeente Butaro op de N.– oever, 17 February 1972, P. Van der Veken 9408 (BR0000016303065); Parc des Volcans, ascencion du Sabinyio, partant de Gasiza, Préfecture Ruhengeri (= Musanze), 27 July 1974, P. Van der Veken 10358 (BR0000016303089); Flanc sud du Volcan Sabyinyo, 15 August 1984, J.Lejoly 84/376 (BR0000016302938); Flanc sud du Sabyinyo, Préfect. Ruhengeri (= Musanze), 3 February 1972, P.Bamps 3054 (BR0000016302792); Kinigi, 25 June 1961, S.C.Antun-Gupffert 1015 (BR0000016302761); Gakenke – Bushati, 15 December 2021, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL). Western Province: Gisenyi (Rubavu) – Kibuye (= Karongi) km 30 commune de Kanama, Préfect. Gisenyi (= Rubavu), 6 February 1972, P.Bamps 3095 (BR0000016302808); Gikungu, vallée de la Sebeya, Préfecture Gisenyi (= Rubavu), 2 November 1974, G.Troupin 15508 (BR0000016303034); Rutsiro (préfect. Kibuye = Karongi), 28 July 1974, J.Lambinon 74/589 (BR0000016302921); Gishwati-Mukura NP, epiphyte near Park Head Quarter, 4 October 2022, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL); Rugege-Wald (Rukarara): Waldboden, nicht selten, 1900 m., August 1907, Mildbraed 937 (B 20 0056652); Wisumo, centre forestier suisse, commune Gisovu, Préfecture Kibuye (= Karongi), 31 May 1978, G.Troupin 15999 (BR0000016303041); Gisovu, 22 February 1972, P.Bamps 3223 (BR0000016302785); Shangugu (= Rusizi), route Astrida (= Huye) – Bukavu, vers km 81, marais Kasale, 25 September 1956, G.Troupin 2645 (BR0000016303027); Forêt de Nyungwe, marais du Kamiranzovu, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi), 26 January 1971, G.Bouxin 197 (BR0000016302853); Forêt de Nyungwe, environs d‘Uwinka, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi), 18 May 1971, G.Bouxin 787 (BR0000016302877); vers km 67 de la route Astrida (= Huye) – Shangugu (= Rusizi), territoire d‘Astrida, Forêt de montagne – Crête Congo-Nil, 9 August 1957, M.Reynders 189 (BR0000016303010); Astrida (= Huye) – Bukavu km 100, June 1957, S.C.Antun-Gupffert 910 (BR0000016302747); Astrida (= Huye) – Bukavu km 100, 1961, S.C.Antun-Gupffert 947 (BR0000016302754); environs du lac Kivu, route Nyamasheke – Ntendezi à 10 km de Nyamasheke, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi), 27 March 1972, G.Bouxin 1482 (BR0000016302884); Road Pindura – border with Burundi, km 21, 27 July 1974, J.Rammeloo 4084A (BR0000016303003); Forêt de Nyungwe, région de Uwinka, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi), 10 August 1969, G.Bouxin & M.Radoux INRS/571 (BR0000016302907); Forêt de Nyungwe environs du Kamiranzovu, Préfecture Cyangugu (= Rusizi), September 1971, G.Bouxin 1216 (BR0000016302891); Kamiranjovu (= Kamiranzovu) – Terr. Shangugu (= Rusizi), 18 March 1956, A.R.Christiaensen 1408 (BR0000016302914); Forêt de Rugege (Cyangugu), Marais du Kamiranzovu, aux env. du km 104 de la route Butare – Cyangugu (= Rusizi), 25 July 1974, P.Auquier 3428 (BR0000016302778); Territoire de Shangugu (= Rusizi), Forêt de Montagne, 14 February 1958, G.Michel 5098 (BR0000016302945). Southern Province: Prefecture Gitarama (Muhanga), Ruhango, 4 October 1981, K.A.Nowak 1063 (BR 0000016302969); Prefecture Gitarama (= Muhanga), Ruhango, 5 August 1979, K.A.Nowak 542 (BR0000016302952); Butare (= Huye), dolina Rusange, 9 May 1984, K.A.Nowak 1972 (BR0000016302990); Préfecture de Gikongoro (= Nyamagabe), Commune Muko, Forêt de Kagano-Gisovu, 20 August 1999, C.E.N.Ewango 2210 (BR0000009698918). Kigali Province: Ganzu, Bois sacré, Kigali, September 1933, A.Becquet 785 (BR0000016302839).   
 First recorded for Rwanda: — Brause & Hieronymus (1910: 16) as Asplenium decrescens auct. non Kunze (1851: 261).   
 Habitat: —Terrestrial in montane forests, swamps, road banks, elev. 1900–2800 m.   
 Distribution in Rwanda:—Northern Province: Volcano NP, Gakenke-Bushati. Western Province: Gishwati-Mukura NP, Nyungwe NP. Southern Province: Muhanga, Huye, Nyungwe NP, Gisovu. Kigali Province: Kigali.   
 General distribution: —Africa: Guinea to Ethiopia, southwards to Rep. South Africa, Madagascar. Also in Réunion.   
 Note: —The synonymy in Roux (2009) and Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017) to the Asian Asplenium gueinzianum Mettenius ex Kuhn (1868: 103) is most likely incorrect (see Viane 2021: 100).
description: 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 pages 17-18, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8248950