Pteridaceae

Hemionitis atropurpurea (L.) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Pellaea atropurpurea. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TD, TC, MB, MC, BF, MS, MF, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSk, Cfa, Cwb, Dfb, Cfb, BSh, Aw, Dfa, Csa, Csb, BWk, Cwa, BWh

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 (?): Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Guatemala, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina

References

Alpert, P. 2000. The discovery, scope, and puzzle of desiccation tolerance in plants. Plant Ecology. 151:5–17.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77181990-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.r4kujm

Source IUCN conservation status: x