Pteridaceae

Haplopteris volkensii (Hieron.) E.H. Crane

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

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): DR Congo, Sudan-South Sudan

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:17568950-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.sp37at

Source IUCN conservation status: x