Pteridaceae

Hemionitis farinosa (Forssk.) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Aleuritopteris farinosa and Cheilanthes farinosa. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Djibouti, DR Congo, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSh, Csb, Csa, As, Cwb, Cwa, Aw, Cfb, BWh, Am, ET, Cfc, 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 (?): Angola, Botswana, Colombia, Djibouti, Ecuador, Eritrea, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Yemen

References

Gaff, DF. 1977. Desiccation tolerant vascular plants of southern Africa. Oecologia. 31(1):95–109. doi.org/10.1007/BF00348713.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77182808-1

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

Source IUCN conservation status: x