Poaceae

Sporobolus fimbriatus (Trin.) Nees

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

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

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

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 (?): Angola, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan

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:422729-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.ba8gp7

Source IUCN conservation status: x