Pteridaceae

Hemionitis ovata (Desv.) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Pellaea ovata. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Am, Aw, Af, Cwb, BSh, Csb, BWh, Cfb, BSk, ET, As, BWk, Cfa, 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 (?): Brazil Southeast

References

Iturriaga, G, Gaff, DF & Zentella, R. 2000. New desiccation-tolerant plants, including a grass, in the central highlands of Mexico, accumulate trehalose. Australian Journal of Botany. 48(2):153–158. doi.org/10.1071/BT98062.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77183106-1

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

Source IUCN conservation status: x