Aspleniaceae

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madeira, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, West Himalaya, Yemen

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): ET, Cfb, Csb, Csa, Ocean, Dfb, Cfa, BWh, Cwb, Aw, Cfc, BSk, Dfc, BSh, Csc, Af

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 (?): Chad, China North-Central, Cyprus, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Føroyar, Mexico Northwest, Northwest European Russia, Palestine, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tibet, Türkiye-in-Europe

References

Hemp, A. 2002. Ecology of the pteridophytes on the southern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. I. Altitudinal distribution. Plant Ecology. 159(2):211–239. doi.org/10.1023/A:1015569125417.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17038650-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.7pppyw

Source IUCN conservation status: x