Hymenophyllaceae

Trichomanes chevalieri Christ

Also mentioned in the literature as Crepidomanes chevalieri. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Central African Republic, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone

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:17263140-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.we3am5

Source IUCN conservation status: x