Polypodiaceae

Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia (Raddi) Alston

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Argentina Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): None

References

Voytena, APL, Minardi, BD, Barufi, JB, Santos, M & Randi, AM. 2014. Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia (Polypodiopsida, Polypodiaceae), a poikilochlorophyllous desiccation-tolerant fern: Anatomical, biochemical and physiological responses during water stress. Australian Journal of Botany. 62(8):647–656. doi.org/10.1071/BT14166.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17411360-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.9aygvn

Source IUCN conservation status: x