Pteridaceae

Hemionitis pteridioides (Reichard) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Allosorus pteridioides and Cheilanthes pteridioides. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Chad, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): DX, MB, MC, MF

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSh, BSk, BWh, BWk, Cfa, Cfb, Csa, Csb, Csc

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 (?): Azores, Chad

References

Kavitha, CH & Murugan, K. 2016. Desiccation induced changes in lipid peroxidation superoxide level and cell membrane H+ ATP ase activity in forked fern–Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw. International Journal of Advanced Research. 3(588):588–593.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77182160-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.2j4ya8

Source IUCN conservation status: x