Ophioglossum vulgatum L.
subsp. africanum Pocock ex J.E. Burrows

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
52005026 Mar 1983JE Burrows
JE Burrows
3037
JE Burrows
SRGH

Upper margins of seepage area amongst granite boulders in light shade on coarse quartzitic soils.E. slopes of Domboshawa Hill, below cave paintings, Chinamera Communal Lands, Harare150Zimbabwe1731C1 0Occasional2
52006016 Jan 1951NC Chase
NC Chase
3758
SRGH

On Hills at Rhodes Inyanga Estate, Inyanga540Zimbabwe1832B4 02
52008210 Feb 1991JE Burrows
SM Burrows
P Ballings
JE Burrows
SM Burrows
5144
JE Burrows
SRGH

On alluvial sandy clay soils on margins of seasonal pan in Colophospermum mopane woodland.Froggy Pond, Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute, Gokwe.0Zimbabwe1828A1 870Growing with O. costatum (B&B 5143)2
49518210 Jan 2013MA Hyde
BT Wursten
M Coates Palgrave
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1902
P Ballings
BR

On wet sheetrock plateau below top in rocky woodlandNyahokwe, Nyanga0Zimbabwe1832B1 1547-18.14262032.6884707
52018017 Jan 1981JE Burrows
JE Burrows
2025
JE Burrows
SRGH

Terrestrial on decomposing vertical schist soils. Locally abundant on a firebreak in full sun.Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, top of Security road, on firebreak near border.440Zimbabwe1832D3 1600Lamina larger in shade2
52007026 Oct 1959R Goodier
JB Phipps
R Goodier
JB Phipps
280
SRGH

By stream in schist grassland. Bank covered by Pteridium and RubusBundi Plain, Chimanimani Mts. 330Zimbabwe1933C3 1620Common2

Total records found: 6



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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Species information: Records of: Ophioglossum vulgatum.
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=100360, retrieved 16 December 2025

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