Pteridaceae

Hemionitis hirta (Sw.) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Cheilanthes hirta. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Cwb, BSh, BSk, Aw, Cwa,

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, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Tanzania, Uganda

References

Marks, RA, Farrant, JM, McLetchie, DN & VanBuren, R. 2021. Unexplored dimensions of variability in vegetative desiccation tolerance. American Journal of Botany. 108(2):1–13. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1588.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77182958-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.d59eff

Source IUCN conservation status: x