Pteridaceae

Hemionitis albomarginata (C.B.Clarke) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Cheilanthes albomarginata and Aleuritopteris albomarginata. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TD, TC, MB, MC, TS, MG, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Cwa, Cwb, Dwb, Cfa, Cfb, As, ET

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 (?): Bangladesh, China Southeast, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand

References

Sharma, A, Kashyap, S, Dev, K, & Sourirajan, A. 2015. A report on resurrection activity of the fern ‘Cheilanthes albomarginata clarke’from various regions of Himachal Pradesh, India. International Journal of Life Sciences & Pharma Research. 5(4).

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77181980-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.q2brh4

Source IUCN conservation status: x