Poaceae

Micrachne patentiflora (Stent & J.M. Rattray) P.M. Peterson

Also mentioned in the literature as Brachyachne patentiflora. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

References

Gaff, DF, Sutaryono, YA & Miszalski, Z. 1990. Resurrecting desiccation-tolerant resurrection grasses from dryland areas. Wiadomości Botaniczne. 34(2):17–22.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60468999-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.cgs4jd

Source IUCN conservation status: x