This site provides information about the ferns and fern allies on the African continent.
The Family-list provides a taxonomic entry. We give information about the families, genera and species in pteridophytes. For each taxon literature references, synonyms, description and pictures of ferns are provided.
The Country-map generates a checklist of the pteridophytes for each country in Africa.
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Actiniopteris raddiata
Asplenium aethiopicum
Adiantum lunulatum
Aleuritoptaris welwitschii
Asplenium mannii
Actiniopteris dimorpha
Asplenium mossambicense
Acrostichum aureum
As of today, Saturday, 21 December 2024, we have 881 taxa in the database for Africa, divided over 123 genera and 36 families. Of these 881 taxa, descriptions have been completed for 778 taxa. I am always on the lookout for good pictures, please use the contact e-mail from the envelope in the footbar if you would like to contribute.
Petra!
News !
- Currently adding Flore d' Afrique Centrale
- Key in PDF format available on the genus pages for the pteridophyte species in Actiniopteris, Adiantum, Antrophyum, Blechnum, Dicranopteris, Gleichenia, Lindsaea, Mohria, Odontosoria, Schizaea and Vittaria.
- Working on spot characters for ferns and fern allies of Africa! check it out: http://fernsofafrica.com/spotlist.php
- Recently taxonomists have agreed on a new phylogenetic classification for lycopods and ferns.
(Eric Schuettpelz et al., 2016,
A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns, JSE 54-6:563-603 )
More information: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jse.12229/full