Hymenophyllum brachypus Sodiro, 1893

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing or rediscovered?

Last record: 1800's (Navarrete & Pitman, 2003a,b)

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

Distribution

Cundinamarca, Colombia & Ecuador

Treated as endemic to Ecuador where it is only known from a collection dating the the 19th century by (Navarrete & Pitman, 2003a,b), but more recent sources give its distribution as also encompassing Colombia (e.g. Hassler, 2004-2023; Murillo-P. et al., 2023; POWO, 2023), so it may have been rediscovered.

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Sodiro, L. (1893). Cryptogramae vasculares Quitenses. Typis Univertitatis. Quito.

Other references:

Hassler, Michael. (2004-2023). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 20th, 2023. Available at: https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ [Accessed 28 October 2023]

Murillo-P., M. T. and Harker. (1990). Helechos y plantas afines de Colombia, pp. 323. Nº 2 de Colección Jorge Alvarez Lleras. Edición ilustrada de Academia Colombiana de C. Exactas, Fís. y Nat., Bogotá, Colombia.

Murillo-P., M. T. , J. Murillo-A. and A. León-P. 2023-10-28. Hymenophyllum brachypus Sodiro En Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Navarrete, H. and Pitman, N. (2003a). Hymenophyllum brachypus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 31 January 2015.

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