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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species occurs from Sri Lanka, India (with records including Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and Tamil Nadu, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands; GRIN 2011), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan; GRIN 2011), Taiwan, Province of China) and Japan (Ryukyu Islands), and south to Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam), Malaysia (including Sarawak), Indonesia and the Philippines. Also recorded from Papua New Guinea.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Hong Kong; India (Andaman Is., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nicobar Is., Sikkim, Tamil Nadu); Indonesia; Japan; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group)); Philippines; Taiwan, Province of China (Taiwan, Province of China (main island)); Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]
Population: No information available.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The species grows in the flood zone of shaded streams or on wet rocks, usually in the spray zone, in stream beds in dense forests in situations where the whole plant is immersed during high flows, 0-800 m alt., usually in spraying water, not so rare throughout the country. It is dependent upon clean water and intolerant of pollution.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: The species is found in the aquarium trade, however the source of material is not known.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The species is a species which cannot tolerate stabilisation of water levels or intense scour and consequently is severely threatened by check dams and changes in flow regime.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: None required.
Citation: Lansdown, R.V. 2011. Microsorum pteropus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199682A9116734. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199682A9116734.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2016.
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