Cheilanthes fuscata
Placement status: name or taxon excluded (unspecific)
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Taxonomy
The type of this plant (L) was identified by Rosenstock and later verified by Posthumus. As Backer & Posthumus have pointed out (Varenflora Java p. 144, footnote) various ferns from S. Africa and Macaronesia have been described by Blume as native in Malaysia, e.g. Blechnum punetulatum Sw., Pellaea pteroides Prantl, Cheilanthes hirta Sw., Ch. multifida Sw., Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L., Hemitelia capensis R. Br., Todea barbara Moore. Really they had been collectid during short stays en route to Java via the Cape of Good Hope and were later mixed up with collections made in Java. It is not improbable that they were collected by Kühl & Van Hasselt as the herbarium materials collected by these young men and ardent collectors, who unfortunately feil untimely victims of tropical diseases in West Java, came into the hands of Blume. On the label there is no indication that the specimen originated from the Moluccas, as stated by Blume.