Acrostichum danaeifolium

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	POLYPODIOPHYTA	POLYPODIOPSIDA	PTERIDALES	PTERIDACEAE

Scientific Name:	Acrostichum danaeifolium
Species Authority:	Langsd. & Fisch.
Taxonomic Notes:	This species is commonly confused with A. aureum. These species are often lumped together making it difficult to know the limits of the distribution.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Duke, N.
Reviewer/s:	Polidoro, B.A., Livingstone, S.R. & Carpenter, K.E. (Global Marine Species Assessment Coordinating Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is commonly confused with A. aureum, and the limits of its distribution are not well-known. However, as it appears to have a wide distribution range and occurs in similar areas where A. aureum is found it is presumably not under any threat and hence it is listed as Least Concern. More research is needed on this species distribution, population status, habitat requirements and threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in tropical America along both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and in western Africa. However, the limits of its distribution are not well known. In the Caribbean, it is found from southern Florida to Rio de Janiero. In the eastern Pacific, it is found from southern Mexico to northern Ecuador. Along the western African coast, it is found from Guinea to Angola.
Countries:	Native: Angola (Angola); Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Benin; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Cameroon; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; France; French Guiana; Gabon; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Liberia; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Panama; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sao Tomé and Principe; Sierra Leone; Suriname; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – western central; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
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Population [top]

Population:	The population status of this species is not well known as it is often confused with A. aureum.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is a fern and grows in the under canopy. It is found in intermediate upstream and high intertidal areas (Tomlinson 1986).
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known threats to this species. It is often confused with A. aureum which is a threat to other mangrove systems, and in disturbed mangrove systems this species can take over and is difficult to eradicate.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known threats to this species. It is often confused with A. aureum which is a threat to other mangrove systems, and in disturbed mangrove systems this species can take over and is difficult to eradicate.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures specific to this species, but its range may include some marine and coastal protected areas. More research is needed on this species distribution, population status, habitat requirements and threats, as it is not-well known and is often confused with A. aureum.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures specific to this species, but its range may include some marine and coastal protected areas. More research is needed on this species distribution, population status, habitat requirements and threats, as it is not-well known and is often confused with A. aureum.

Citation:	Duke, N. 2010. Acrostichum danaeifolium. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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