Aspleniaceae

Asplenium pleurosorum Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Pleurosorus rutifolius. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): None

References

Gaff, DF & Latz, PK. 1978. The occurrence of resurrection plants in the Australian flora. Australian Journal of Botany. 26(4):485–492. doi.org/10.1071/BT9780485.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77182711-1

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

Source IUCN conservation status: x