Polypodiaceae

Elaphoglossum acrostichoides (Hook. & Grev.) Schelpe

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Angola, Burundi, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Réunion, Rwanda

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:17437250-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.698qkw

Source IUCN conservation status: iucnredlist.org/species/120211710/120211716