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Scientific Name | Ptisana fraxinea (Sm.) Murdock |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | MARATTIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/05/13 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across Africa, Madagascar and as far as continental India. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Stream sides in forests. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species complex is still awaiting taxonomic revision. Murdock (2008) recognizes three variants, but note that they are problematic and in need of revision. Roux (2009) includes all variants under Ptisana/Marattia fraxinea. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Marattia fraxinea Sm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Murdock, A.G. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae, with description of a new genus Ptisana. Taxon 57(3):737-755.
Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Ptisana fraxinea (Sm.) Murdock. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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