Pteridaceae

Hemionitis sinuata (Lag.) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Astrolepis sinuata. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bolivia, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Venezuela

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Am, Af, Cwa, Cwb, Cfb, BSk, Csb, ET, Cwc, As, BWk, BWh, Csa, BSh, Cfa, Aw, 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 (?): Georgia, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

References

Kirkpatrick, REB. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis and desiccation tolerance of the homosporous fern genus Pellaea Link (Pteridaceae) and relatives. University of California, Berkeley.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77182311-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.ts2vtx

Source IUCN conservation status: x