Pteridaceae

Hemionitis wrightiana (Hook.) Christenh.

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

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Arizona, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): South Carolina

References

Kirkpatrick, REB. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis and desiccation tolerance of the homosporous fern genus Pellaea Link (Pteridaceae) and relatives. University of California, Berkeley.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77182620-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.9rd92u

Source IUCN conservation status: x