Aspleniaceae

Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Csb, Cwb, Cwa, Af, Cfb, Aw, Am, BSh

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 (?): Andaman Is., Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China Southeast, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Gabon, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Kazan-retto, Liberia, Marianas, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, St.Helena, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu

References

Gaff, DF. 1977. Desiccation tolerant vascular plants of southern Africa. Oecologia. 31(1):95–109. doi.org/10.1007/BF00348713.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17370980-1

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

Source IUCN conservation status: x