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Scientific Name | Davallia chaerophylloides (Poir.) Steud. |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | DAVALLIACEAE |
Synonyms | Davallia chaerophylloides (Poir.) Steud. var. bicornis (C.Chr.) Tardieu, Davallia chaerophylloides (Poir.) Steud. var. mauritiana (Hook.) Tardieu, Davallia chaerophylloides (Poir.) Steud. var. stenochlamys (C.Chr.) Tardieu, Davallia denticulata (Burm.f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. bicornis C.Chr., Davallia denticulata (Burm.f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. intermedia Mett. ex Kuhn, Davallia denticulata (Burm.f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. vogelii (Hook.) Bonap. forma camerounensis Bonap., Davallia denticulata (Burm.f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. vogelii (Hook.) Bonap. forma latisora Bonap., Davallia denticulata Mett. var. stenochlamys C.Chr., Davallia mauritiana Hook., Davallia nitidula Kunze, Davallia schnellii Tardieu, Davallia vogelii Hook., Humata chaerophylloides (Poir.) Desv., Stenolobus mauritianus (Hook.) C.Presl, Trichomanes chaerophylloides Poir. |
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, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Limpopo and Mpumalanga Escarpment, from the Wolkberg to Barberton, and along the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coasts between Empangeni and Port St. Johns. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Rock crevices in shade or sun, in forest and woodland. Occasionally occurs as an epiphyte on forest tree trunks. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Davallia chaerophylloides (Poir.) Steud. | Least Concern | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Burrows, J.E. 1990. Southern African ferns and fern allies. Frandsen Publishers, Sandton.
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. Davallia chaerophylloides (Poir.) Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/01 |
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