Distribution of Cyatheaceae in Africa
R. E. Holttum, Kew


C. camerooniana            
      var. aethiopica    A J   (& Rio Muni)
      var. camerooniana    (SE Nigeria, Cameroun, Fernando Po)
      var. congi    (Cameroun, Rio Muni, Liberia)
      var. currorii    (Ile du Prince)
      var. occidentalis    (Sierra Leonie to Cameroun)
      var. ugandensis    I   
      var. zenkeri    (Cameroun, Rio Muni, Gabon)
C. capensis    D E F G H L    (SE Brazil)
C. deckenii     E H J  
C. dregei    A B C D E F G H I J K L    (Sierra Leonie, Madagascar)
C. fadenii    H    
C. humilis   C H    
      var. pycnophylla        H    
C. manniana    D E F L    (widespread in trop. Afr., west to Liberia)
C. mildbraedii    I   
C. mossambicensis    E F H I L
C. nicklesii    B J  
C. obtusiloba    (Rio Muni, Cameroun, Gabon)
C. schliebenii    H    
C. thomsonii    A D E F H J K L
C. welwitschii    (Island of S. Thome)
LEGEND:

A = Angola (3 species)
B = Central African Republic (2)
C= Kenya (2)
D = Malawi (4)
E = Mozambique (6)
F = Rhodesia (5)
G = South Africa (2)
H = Tanzania (9)
I = Uganda (4)
J = Zaire (5)
K = Zambia (2)
L = Zimbabwe (5)