Pteridaceae

Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod.

Also mentioned in the literature as Cheilanthes catanensis and Notholaena lanuginosa. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Afghanistan, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, West Himalaya, Yemen

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): MB, MC, MS, FS, MG, MF, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Csa, BSk, Csb, BSh, BWh, Cfa, BWk

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 (?): Afghanistan, Algeria, Corse, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Libya, Madeira, Pakistan, Sardegna, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, West Himalaya, Yemen

References

Gaff, DF & Latz, PK. 1978. The occurrence of resurrection plants in the Australian flora. Australian Journal of Botany. 26(4):485–492. doi.org/10.1071/BT9780485.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17070460-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.dafh4z

Source IUCN conservation status: x