Pteridaceae

Hemionitis multifida (Sw.) Christenh.

Also mentioned in the literature as Cheilanthes multifida. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Cfb, Cwb, Cwa, BSh, Aw, BWh, As

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 (?): Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Ethiopia, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Northern Provinces, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Zambia

References

Gaff, DF. 1977. Desiccation tolerant vascular plants of southern Africa. Oecologia. 31(1):95–109. doi.org/10.1007/BF00348713.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77182447-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.9csppx

Source IUCN conservation status: x