Pellaea boivinii

Pellaea boivinii Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 147, t. 118 A 1858. (syn: Allosorus boivinii (Hook.) O.Kuntze; Hemionitis boivinii (Hook.) Christenh.; Pellaea adiantoides (Desv.) Prantl (ambiguous synonym); Pellaea boivinii f. bipinnata C.Chr.; Pteridella adiantoides Desv. ex Kuhn (ambiguous synonym); Pteris adiantoides Desv. (ambiguous synonym); Pteris boivinii (Hook.) T.Moore ex Bedd.);

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Kenya to Northern Prov., Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, SW. India, Sri Lanka: Botswana, Comoros, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Northern Provinces, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO (Hemionitis boivinii (Hook.) Christenh.);

Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, N-Botswana, South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga), Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Sri Lanka, S-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life;

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Pellaea boivinii Hook SN25420b : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 mb.
Pellaea boivinii Hook wild fern from Western Ghats Tamilnadu.

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But why is the specimen all folded up and not pressed properly?    Not a good example to set…..   People should take the trouble to prepare and arrange really goo, clearly visible herbarium-specimens, not folded and the lower pinnae folded in half. We can’t see the frond-shape otherwise.

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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens)  Flora of peninsular India  Flora of Zimbabwe  SANBI  Pteridophytes of Africa  A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Vol. XV, Part B: Ferns …, Part 2 edited by Monika Shaffer-Fehre (2006)