Pteridaceae

Adiantum hispidulum Sw.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Caroline Is., Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Jawa, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Society Is., South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Victoria, Western Australia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Cfa, Cfb, Am, As, Aw, Cwa, Af, BSh, BWh, 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 (?): Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Ethiopia, India, Kermadec Is., Malaya, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, South Australia, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Zimbabwe

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:17010780-1

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

Source IUCN conservation status: x