Poaceae

Microchloa indica (L. f.) P. Beauv.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TD, TC, MB, MC, TS, MS, FS, MG, MF, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Aw, Cfa, Cfb, Cwb, Cwc, BSh, BSk, ET, As, Am, Cwa, Af, Cfc, BWk

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 (?): Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Philippines, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo

References

Gaff, DF. 1987. Desiccation Tolerant Plants in South America. Oecologia. 74(1):133–136.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408465-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.4pek7h

Source IUCN conservation status: x