Asplenium tenuicaudatum Pichi Sermolli 1977

Asplenium tenuicaudatum Pichi Sermolli (1977b: 85). Holotype: —D.R. CONGO. Sud Kivu: Dorsale ad ovest del lago Kivu. Montagne di Shamulamba: nella foresta della valletta aperta a sud-est nel versante orientale della cima a nord del rifugio del Groupe de Montagne du Kivu. Epifita a 4 metri dal suolo, 2500 m, 24 October 1953, R.E.G.Pichi Sermolli 4468 (FI003262, digital image!). Specimens seen:— Western Province: Préfecture de Cyangugu (= Rusizi), Commune de Kirambo, Forêt autour de Uwinka, 23 June 1999, C.E.N.Ewango 2037 (BR0000009450394); Mt. Bigugu, 22 March 2009, E.Fischer s.n. (KOBL). Southern Province: Colline Uwagahunga, près du village de Rugera, au sud de la préfecture de Gikongoro (= Nyamagabe), 6 September 1974, P.Auquier 3950 (BR0000016310315). First recorded for Rwanda: — Pichi Sermolli (1985: 153). Habitat: —Epiphyte in montane forest, elev. 2500–2800 m. Endemic status: —Albertine Rift Endemic. Distribution in Rwanda:—Western Province: Nyungwe NP, Mt. Bigugu. Southern Province: Nyungwe NP. General distribution: —Africa: D.R. Congo, 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 45, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/824895