Check List 17(3): 923-930, doi: 10.15560/17.3.923
Three new records of fern species (Polypodiopsida) in Senegal, from Dindefelo Falls, Kedougou region
expand article infoPaterne Arnaud Bernard Mingou‡, Mathieu Gueye§, Komla Elikplim Abotsi|, Theophile Bayet, Christophe Cambier, Germinal Rouhan#
‡ Laboratoire de Botanique, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal§ Laboratoire de Botanique, UMI 3189, Environnement, Santé et Société, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop Diop, Dakar, Senegal| Laboratoire de Recherche Forestière, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo¶ Unité Mixte Internationale de Modélisation Mathématique et Informatique des Systèmes Complexes, Sorbonne Université, IRD, UMI UMMISCO, Paris, France# Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France

Corresponding author: Paterne Arnaud Bernard Mingou ( mingoupaterne@hotmail.fr )

Academic editor: Diego Tavares Vasques
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Citation: Mingou PAB, Gueye M, Abotsi KE, Bayet T, Cambier C, Rouhan G (2021) Three new records of fern species (Polypodiopsida) in Senegal, from Dindefelo Falls, Kedougou region. Check List 17(3): 923-930. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.923
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Abstract

Blotiella currorii (Hook.) R.M.Tryon. (Dennstaedtiaceae), Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.F.) Underw. (Gleicheniaceae), and Aleuritopteris farinosa (Forssk.) Fée (Pteridaceae) are reported for the first time in the flora of Senegal. They represent not only three more species but also two new families, Dennstaedtiaceae and Gleicheniaceae, for Senegal. Data on species, morphology, taxonomy, ecology, and geographic distribution are included. These three species were found in the interstices of the cliff of the 100-m Dindefelo Falls, which is in Kedougou region.

Keywords
Aleuritopteris farinosa, Blotiella currorii, Dennstaedtiaceae, Dicranopteris linearis, Dindefelo Falls, Gleicheniaceae, Pteridaceae, pteridophytes, West Africa