Polypodiaceae

Pyrrosia lanceolata (Wall.) Farw.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): MA, MB, MC, MG, TC, TD, TM, TS

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Af, Am, Aw, BSh, Cfa, Cfb, Cwa, 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 (?): Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Christmas I., East Himalaya, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Is., Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya

References

Smrithy, V, Kulkarni, A, Shigwan, BK, Porembski, S & Datar, MN. 2023. Desiccation-tolerant vascular plants from Western Ghats, India: review, updated checklist, future prospects and new insights. Nordic Journal of Botany. e03939. doi.org/10.1111/njb.03939.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1015191-2

Source occurrence data: https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.758m5v

Source IUCN conservation status: x