Cyperaceae

Afrotrilepis pilosa (Boeckeler) J. Raynal

Also mentioned in the literature as Trilepis pilosa. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Ecology

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

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): As, Aw, Am

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 (?): Central African Republic, Congo, Mali

References

Hambler, DJ. 1961. A Poikilohydrous, Poikilochlorophyllous Angiosperm from Africa. Nature. 191(4796):1415–1416.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297859-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.n52wrd

Source IUCN conservation status: x