Selaginellaceae

Selaginella njamnjamensis Hieron.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TS

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

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, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

References

Hambler, DJ. 1961. A Poikilohydrous, Poikilochlorophyllous Angiosperm from Africa. Nature. 191(4796):1415–1416.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321642-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.5uud4g

Source IUCN conservation status: x