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041.0000 Family Polypodiaceae J. & C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 159 (1822)
67 genera, ca. 1700 spp. Phylogeny: Wei & Zhang 2022
Species listed in database: 1746; hybrids: 50
= Platyceriaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(3): 18 (1978)
= Drynariaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 1-37 (1978)
= Grammitidaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 7 (1840) (Grammitaceae auct., missp.)
= Gymnogrammitidaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 12 (1966)
= Loxogrammaceae Ching ex Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 11 (1975)
= Platyceriaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: ? (1940)
= Pleurosoriopsidaceae Sa.Kurata & Ikebe ex Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 17 (1978)
041.2003 Genus Hovenkampia Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 114: 288 (2017)
Distribution: Africa. The genus is only treated as subgenus of Pyrrosia by Vasques et al. (2017).
Species listed in database: 3

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species :
Hovenkampia africana (Kunze) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 114: 288 (2017)
Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
26 MOZ 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyclophorus africanus (Kunze) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 197 (1905)
= Gyrosorium africanum (Kunze) C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 6 [Epim. Bot.]: 140 (1851)
= Niphobolus africanus f. minor Kunze; Linnaea 10: 501 (1836)
= Niphobolus africanus Kunze; Linnaea 10: 501 (1839)
= Polypodium africanum (Kunze) Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2(2) [Pheg. u. Asp.]: 131, no. 268, t. 3, f. 11-12 (1857) (non Desv. (1827))
= Pyrrosia africana (Kunze) F.Ballard; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 49 (1937)
species :
Hovenkampia liebuschii (Hieron.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 114: 288 (2017)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyclophorus liebuschii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 398 (1911)
= Niphobolus liebuschii (Hieron.) Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40: 32 (1929)
= Pyrrosia liebuschii (Hieron.) Schelpe; J. S. African Bot. 18: 131, f. 1(1) (1952)
= Pyrrosia schimperiana var. liebuschii (Hieron.) Hovenkamp; Blumea 30(1): 208 (1984)
species :
Hovenkampia schimperiana (Mett.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 114: 288 (2017)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo)
22 GUI LBR NGA 23 BUR CAF CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 ERI ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyclophorus mechowii Brause & Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 395 (1911)
= Cyclophorus schimperianus (Mett.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 200 (1905)
= Niphobolus mechowii Brause & Hieron.; Veg. Erde [Engler] 9(2): 55 (1908), nomen
= Niphobolus schimperianus (Mett.) Giesenh. ex Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 325 (1899) (non Polypodium schimperianum Mett. (1868))
= Polypodium schimperianum Mett.; Filic. Afr. [Kuhn] 152 (1868)
= Pyrrosia mechowii (Brause & Hieron. ex Hieron.) Alston; Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar 12: 37 (1954)
= Pyrrosia schimperana var. mechowii (Brause & Hieron.) Schelpe; J. S. African Bot. 18(3): 129, fig. 1, t. 2, 3 (1952)
= Pyrrosia schimperiana (Mett.) Alston; J. Bot. 72(Suppl.): 8 (1934)
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