Velloziaceae

Acanthochlamys bracteata P.C. Kao

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): China South-Central, Tibet

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, MB, MC, MG

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSk, Dwb, Cwb, Cwa, 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 (?): VU

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Threatened

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): None

References

Gao, Z-Y, Li, Z-H, Lin, D-L & Jin, X-H. 2021. Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the resurrection plant Acanthochlamys bracteata (Velloziaceae). Genome Biology and Evolution. 34(2):17–22.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:957775-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.tc6vaj

Source IUCN conservation status: iucnredlist.org/species/22486366/22488478