Poaceae

Microchloa kunthii Desv.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Assam, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chile North, China South-Central, Colombia, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Peru, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, 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 (?): BWh, BSk, BSh, Csa, Csb, As, Cwb, Aw, Cwa, Cfb, ET, Cfa, Am, BWk, Cwc, Af, Dwb, Dwc

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, Botswana, Burkina, Colombia, Eritrea, India, Ivory Coast, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, Yemen

References

Gaff, DF, & Ellis, RP. 1974. Southern African grasses with foliage that revives after dehydration. Bothalia. 11(3): 305-308.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408467-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.sym7kq

Source IUCN conservation status: x