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Scientific Name | Davallia denticulata (Burm.f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. denticulata |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | DAVALLIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/07/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Widespread across tropical Africa and Madagascar, but rare in South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Moist to seasonally dry forests, terrestrial, epilithic or epiphytic in shaded or exposed sites. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Davallia denticulata (Burm.f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. denticulata | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Nooteboom, H.P. 1994. Notes on Davalliaceae: 2. A revision of the genus Davallia. Blumea 39(1-2):151-214.
Roux, J.P. 2001. Conspectus of southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Network Report 13:1-223. SABONET, Pretoria.
Verdcourt, B. 1999. Davalliaceae. In: H.J. Beentje (ed). Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Davallia denticulata (Burm.f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. denticulata. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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