Polypodiaceae

Loxogramme abyssinica (Baker) M.G. Price

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Angola, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Rwanda, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Yemen

References

Kornas, J. 1993. The Significance of Historical Factors and Ecological Preference in the Distribution of African Pteridophytes. Journal of Biogeography. 20(3):281. doi.org/10.2307/2845636.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17515690-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.tdve7b

Source IUCN conservation status: x