Poaceae

Sporobolus pellucidus Hochst.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Burkina, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Aw, BSh, As, Cwb, 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 (?): Chad, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

References

Gaff, DF. 1986. Desiccation tolerant “resurrection” grasses from Kenya and West Africa. Oecologia. 70:118–120.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422875-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.7khsy2

Source IUCN conservation status: x