Hymenophyllaceae

Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Azores, Belgium, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Czechia-Slovakia, Eswatini, France, Free State, Gabon, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Spain, Tanzania, Tristan da Cunha, Türkiye, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Aw, Cfa, Cfb, Cwb, Af, ET, Csb, Cwc, BSk, Cwa, BSh, Cfc, Csa, 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 (?): Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Eswatini, Free State, Gabon, Germany, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Tristan da Cunha, Türkiye, Zimbabwe

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:30002980-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.z9k99v

Source IUCN conservation status: x