Hymenophyllaceae

Hymenophyllum polyanthos (Sw.) Sw.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): French Guiana, Galápagos, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Suriname

References

Proctor, MCF. 2012. Light and desiccation responses of some Hymenophyllaceae (filmy ferns) from Trinidad, Venezuela and New Zealand: Poikilohydry in a light-limited. Annals of Botany. 109(5):1019–1026. doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs012.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1139735-2

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

Source IUCN conservation status: x