Hymenophyllaceae

Trichomanes diaphanum Kunth

Also mentioned in the literature as Trichomanes borbonicum and Polyphlebium borbonicum. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, DR Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, French Guiana, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Marquesas, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Réunion, Society Is., Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Eswatini, French Guiana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Marquesas, Paraguay, Réunion, Society 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:17228830-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.zvdfg9

Source IUCN conservation status: x