Pteridaceae

Hemionitis nitidula (Hook.) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Cheilanthes nitidula and Pellaea nitidula. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, MB, MC, MG

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Cfb, BSk, 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 (?): China North-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya

References

Shah, SN, Ahmad, M, Zafar, M, Ullah, F, Zaman, W, Mazumdar, J, Khuram, I & Khan, SM. 2019. Leaf micromorphological adaptations of resurrection ferns in Northern Pakistan. Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 255(September 2018):1–10. doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2019.03.018.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77183076-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.auv9qf

Source IUCN conservation status: x