Namaquapteris schimperi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Namaquapteris schimperi (Kunze) Windham & Pryer, Taxon 74(2): 279 (2025).

Basionym
- Cheilanthes schimperi Kunze, Farnkr. 1: 52, t. 26 (1840).
  - Typus: “In praeruptis umbrosis montis Scholoda. 24 Oct. 1837”, A.F.W. Schimper s.n. (Lectotype: B20 0038509, designated by Roux 2009: 185).
Homotypic
- Hypolepis schimperi (Kunze) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 70 (1852).
- Adiantopsis schimperi (Kunze) T.Moore, Index Fil.: xxxvii (1857).
- Aspidotis schimperi (Kunze) Pic.Serm., Webbia 7: 326 (1950).
- Hemionitis schimperi (Kunze) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Nigeria.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Zaïre.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Schuettpelz, E., Windham, M.D., Prado, J., Hooper, E.A., Yatskievych, G.A., Huiet, L., Picard, K.T. & Pryer, K.M. 2025. A phylogenetically informed generic reclassification of the hemionitid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae). Taxon 74(2): 260–291. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13314 Reference page.
Kunze, G. 1840–1847. Die Farrnkräuter in kolorirten Abbildungen naturgetreu erläutert und beschrieben (Schkuhr's Farrnkräuter, Supplement). Band 1. vi + 252 pp., pl. 1–100. Ernst Fleischer, Leipzig. BHL Reference page.

Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page.