Gleicheniaceae

Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Af, Am, As, Aw, BSh, BSk, BWh, Cfa, Cfb, Csa, Csb, Cwa, Cwb, Dfb, ET

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 (?): LC

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not assessed

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): Andaman Is., Cook Is., Marianas, Nicobar Is., Réunion, Seychelles, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.

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:17245530-1

Source occurrence data: https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.xxr96b

Source IUCN conservation status: iucnredlist.org/species/120202792/120202807