Poaceae

Oropetium thomaeum (L. f.) Trin.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Bangladesh, Chad, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Bangladesh, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sudan-South Sudan, Vietnam, West Himalaya

References

Gaff, DF & Bole, P V. 1986. Resurrection grasses in India. Oecologia. 71(1):159–160. doi.org/10.1007/BF00377337.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:409971-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.x6jrdk

Source IUCN conservation status: x