Actiniopteris semiflabellataPic.Serm.

WFO wfo-0001251540 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. a Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-28 / obs. 185185309
Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. b Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185185323
Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. c Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106802096
Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. d Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106802084
Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. e Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194390445
Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. f Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194390493
Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. g Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185185332
Actiniopteris semiflabellata, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. h Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194390542

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Actiniopteris semiflabellata is native: Burundi, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, Rwanda, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nepal BurundiDjiboutiDR CongoEgyptEthiopiaKenyaMadagascarMauritaniaNamibiaRwandaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenNepal MauritiusRéunion
Native distribution of Actiniopteris semiflabellata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Burundi BUR AFRICA
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Mauritania MTN
Mauritius MAU
Namibia NAM
Réunion REU
Rwanda RWA
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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