Hymenophyllaceae

Trichomanes melanotrichum Schltdl.

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

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Angola, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda

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:17230870-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.r2sdq5

Source IUCN conservation status: x