Poaceae

Sporobolus festivus Hochst. ex A. Rich.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Angola, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, India, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo

References

Kaiser, K, Gaff, DF, & Outlaw Jr, WH. 1985. Sugar contents of leaves of desiccation-sensitive and desiccation-tolerant plants. Naturwissenschaften. 72(11): 608-609.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422722-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.7k7ff4

Source IUCN conservation status: x