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hirtellus

Taxon

Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv.

Protologue Ess. Agrostogr. 54, 168, 170 (1812):.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Oplismenus hirtellus--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 048.jpg

Oplismenus hirtellus--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Oplismenus hirtellus--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 006.jpg

Oplismenus hirtellus--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oplismenus hirtellus--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 008.jpg

Oplismenus hirtellus--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 132 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Bangladesh, Hawaii, Nauru, St.Helena (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

December 7, 2003

Location

Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Ankarangona, Limbe Botanic Garden)

-12.611667, 49.461667

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Oplismenus

Specific Epithet

hirtellus

Authorship

(L.) P.Beauv.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#244,736 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →