A revision of the fern genus Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) in sub-Saharan Africa

JACOBUS P. ROUX

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.70.1.1

Issue: Vol. 70 No. 1 (2012)

Type: Monograph

Published: 2012-10-30

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.70.1.1

Page range: 1–118

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**A revision of the fern genus Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) in sub-Saharan Africa**

JACOBUS P. ROUX⁺⁻

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, South Africa / H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa

Dryopteris Dryopteridaceae Africa Pteridophytes

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Abstract

The morphology of the Dryopteris species occurring in sub-Saharan Africa is discussed. This is followed by a revision of the genus in this region, and the Cape Verde Islands in the Gulf of Guinea. Twenty-six species are recognised for the region.