Hymenophyllaceae

Trichomanes rigidum Sw.

Also mentioned in the literature as Abrodictyum rigidum. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Belize, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TD, TC, MC, TS, FS, MG, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Aw, Cfa, Cwa, BSh, Af, Am, Cfb, ET, Cwb,

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

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BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

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BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

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BIO12 (annual precipitation)

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BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

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Conservation

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025-2 (?): Not assessed

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not assessed

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): French Guiana, Leeward Is., Suriname

References

Hemp, A. 2002. Ecology of the pteridophytes on the southern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. I. Altitudinal distribution. Plant Ecology. 159(2):211–239. doi.org/10.1023/A:1015569125417.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257437-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.6y7be5

Source IUCN conservation status: x