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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description:
Lygodium microphyllum has a pantropical in distribution. In India it is widely distributed.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Angola (Angola); Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; China (Yunnan); Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Gabon; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Hong Kong; India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Indonesia; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mauritius; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Philippines; Rwanda; Singapore; South Africa; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Uganda; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]
Population:
Widely distributed and commonly occurring species.
Current Population Trend: Stable
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology:
Grows in open marshy or semi marshy areas and disturbed forests from plains to high altitudes as climber. It is thicket forming.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: Unknown
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade:
Used as medicine and the fiber is used for making baskets in southern India (Manickam and Irudayaraj 1992, S. Jeeva pers. comm.)
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The threats to the species are unknown.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
No conservation actions are known or needed for this species.
Citation: Irudayaraj, V. 2011. Lygodium microphyllum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T194153A8883960. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T194153A8883960.en. Downloaded on 11 August 2016.
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