Asplenium burundense Pichi Sermolli 1977

* Asplenium burundense Pichi Sermolli (1977b: 78). Holotype: — BURUNDI. Prov. di Muramvya. Foresta umida montana secondaria di Bugarama, 3°14’S–29°32’ E. Nella parte media e superiore della foresta, 2100–2200 m. Epifita a 4 m dal suolo, 19 December 1966, R.E.G.Pichi Sermolli 7021 (FI003235 [digital image!]). New record for Rwanda:— Western Province: Gishwati-Mukura NP, epiphyte near Park Head Quarter, 4 October 2022, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL); Nyungwe NP, route Astrida (= Huye) – Bukavu ± km 63, 10 January 1960, S. Antun-Guppffert 628 (BR0000016322110); Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest, epiphyte in montane forest, elev. 1730 m, S2°33`04.03`` E28°59`48.58``, 20 November 2016, R. Richter (KOBL); Nyungwe NP, road Pindura – Bweyeye km 24, epiphyte, elev. 1767 m, S2°34’46.91’’ S E 29°12’02.27’’, 6 December 2021, E. Fischer s.n. (KOBL). Habitat: —Epiphyte in montane forest, elev. 1730 m. Endemic status: —Albertine Rift Endemic. Distribution in Rwanda:—Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Cyamudongo Forest. General distribution: —Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda.Published as part of Fischer, Eberhard & Lobin, Wolfram, 2023, Synoptic Revision of Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, Hymenasplenium) of Rwanda, pp. 1-65 in Phytotaxa 608 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/824895