Cyperaceae

Microdracoides squamosa Hua

Also mentioned in the literature as Microdracoides squamosus. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

cms013 map v1

Confirmed occurrences (?): Cameroon, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TS

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

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

20260120 cms013 elev

BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

20260120 cms013 bio1

BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

20260120 cms013 bio4

BIO12 (annual precipitation)

20260120 cms013 bio12

BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

20260120 cms013 bio15
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 (?): Guinea, Nigeria

References

Porembski, S. 2006. Vegatative Architecture of Desiccation-tolerant Arborescent Monocotyledons. Aliso. 22(1):129–134. doi.org/10.5642/aliso.20062201.10.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77177204-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.6pwvgd

Source IUCN conservation status: x