Pteridaceae

Haplopteris guineensis (Desv.) E.H.Crane

Also mentioned in the literature as Vittaria guineensis. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Ecology

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

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

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, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia

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:17568860-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.8ng3dd

Source IUCN conservation status: x