Bolbitis heudelotii
Also known as: Acrostichum heudelotii, Acrostichum heudelotii major, Acrostichum heudelotii majus, Acrostichum heudelotii minor, Acrostichum heudelotii minus, Anapausia heudelotii, Bolbitis felixii, Bolbitis heudelotii angustifolia, Campium angustifolium, Campium heudelotii, Chrysodium heudelotii, Gymnopteris heudelotii, Leptochilus heudelotii
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Bolbitis heudelotii (Bory ex Fée) Alston Species
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Bolbitis
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- Africa; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; W-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (N-Limpopo); Angola; Benin; Burundi
- Basionym
- Gymnopteris heudelotii Bory ex Fée
- Published in
- Alston. (1934). In: Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: Suppl. 3.
Media and observations
Zones 2 and 4 (A first checklist of the Pteridophytes of Togo (West Africa))
Description. Herbaceous, rhizome thick with dark brown scales and creeping on rocks; numerous roots; sterile fronds 30 - 80 cm long, linear to elliptical; fertile fronds 25 - 100 cm, long, linear, abaxial surface with sporangia. (A checklist of rheophytes of Cameroon)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2650967 https://www.gbif.org/species/2650967
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM