Poaceae

Sporobolus stapfianus Gand.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): LC

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not threatened

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): Eswatini, Madagascar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan

References

Daniel, V & Gaff, DF. 1980. Dessication-induced changes in the protein complement of soluble extracts from leaves of resurrection plants and related desiccation-sensitive species. Annals of Botany. 45(2):173–181. doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085808.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422955-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.nx4pse

Source IUCN conservation status: iucnredlist.org/species/44392306/44430928