Hymenophyllaceae

Hymenophyllum hirsutum (L.) Sw.

Also mentioned in the literature as Sphaerocionium hirsutum and Trichomanes hirsutum. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Seychelles, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Galápagos, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Réunion, Seychelles, Suriname

References

Proctor, MCF. 2012. Light and desiccation responses of some Hymenophyllaceae (filmy ferns) from Trinidad, Venezuela and New Zealand: Poikilohydry in a light-limited. Annals of Botany. 109(5):1019–1026. doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs012.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1131831-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.rr3cxv

Source IUCN conservation status: x