Poaceae

Eragrostis nindensis Ficalho & Hiern

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TD, TS, FS, MG, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSh, Aw, Cwb, Cwa, BSk, BWh

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 (?): Not assessed

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not threatened

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): DR Congo, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Namibia

References

Dzobo, K. 2005. Characterization of polyphenols in leaves of four desiccation tolerant plant families. University of Cape Town.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:401356-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.t6ppej

Source IUCN conservation status: x