Pteridaceae

Adiantum latifolium Lam.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Ecology

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

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

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 American Pacific Is., French Guiana, Leeward Is., Suriname

References

Lubaina, A, Brijithlal, N & Murugan, K. 2016. Unravelling desiccation and rehydration tolerance mechanism in the fern, Adiantum latifolium. Biotechnological Communication. 9(4):672–679.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271633-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.e5nqq9

Source IUCN conservation status: x