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Internal ID UUID644032e75645d856810756
Scientific name Stipagrostis sabulicola
Authority (Pilg.) De Winter
First published in Kirkia 3: 135 (1963)

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Stipagrostis sabulicola, also known as the Namib dune bushman grass, is a type of grass found only in the dunes of the Namib desert. This perennial grass can reach heights of up to 200cm and has a shallow root system that helps it collect water from fog, dew, and rain.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Aristida sabulicola Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 81 (1907)

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English namib dune bushman grass

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World Flora Online wfo-0000903130
Tropicos 25515016
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423926-1
The Plant List kew-446006
Open Tree Of Life 136190
NCBI Taxonomy 1137554
IPNI 423926-1
iNaturalist 594830
GBIF 4130207
Wikipedia Stipagrostis_sabulicola

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Why Are There So Few Basidiomycota and Basal Fungi as Endophytes? A Review Rungjindamai N, Jones EB J Fungi (Basel) 15-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10820240
doi:10.3390/jof10010067
PMID:38248976
Harvesting of aerial humidity with natural hygroscopic salt excretions Al-Handawi MB, Commins P, Dinnebier RE, Abdellatief M, Li L, Naumov P Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10636306
doi:10.1073/pnas.2313134120
PMID:37903263
‘Follow the Water’: Microbial Water Acquisition in Desert Soils Cowan DA, Cary SC, DiRuggiero J, Eckardt F, Ferrari B, Hopkins DW, Lebre PH, Maggs-Kölling G, Pointing SB, Ramond JB, Tribbia D, Warren-Rhodes K Microorganisms 27-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10386458
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11071670
PMID:37512843
Leaf wettability and leaf angle affect air-moisture deposition in wheat for self-irrigation Hakeem S, Ali Z, Saddique MA, Merrium S, Arslan M, Habib-ur-Rahman M BMC Plant Biol 27-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9969695
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04123-z
PMID:36849909
Leaf rolling and leaf angle improve fog capturing and transport in wheat; adaptation for drought stress in an arid climate Merrium S, Ali Z, Habib-ur-Rahman M, Hakeem S, Khalid MA Bot Stud 16-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9110575
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00343-y
PMID:35575940
Livestock impacts on an iconic Namib Desert plant are mediated by abiotic conditions Kerby JT, Krivak-Tetley FE, Shikesho SD, Bolger DT Oecologia 07-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9120118
doi:10.1007/s00442-022-05177-w
PMID:35524862
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems Ramond JB, Jordaan K, Díez B, Heinzelmann SM, Cowan DA Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 07-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9199420
doi:10.1128/mmbr.00109-21
PMID:35389249
How much biology is in the product? Role and relevance of biological evolution and function for bio-inspired design Roth-Nebelsick A Theory Biosci 28-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9474337
doi:10.1007/s12064-022-00367-9
PMID:35344153
Plant sizes and shapes above and belowground and their interactions with climate Tumber‐Dávila SJ, Schenk HJ, Du E, Jackson RB New Phytol 08-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9311740
doi:10.1111/nph.18031
PMID:35150454
Leaf rolling dynamics for atmospheric moisture harvesting in wheat plant as an adaptation to arid environments Merrium S, Ali Z, Tahir MH, Habib-ur-Rahman M, Hakeem S Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 25-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC9252964
doi:10.1007/s11356-022-18936-2
PMID:35212894
Current Insight into Traditional and Modern Methods in Fungal Diversity Estimates Gautam AK, Verma RK, Avasthi S, Sushma, Bohra Y, Devadatha B, Niranjan M, Suwannarach N J Fungi (Basel) 24-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8955040
doi:10.3390/jof8030226
PMID:35330228
Wetting mechanism and morphological adaptation; leaf rolling enhancing atmospheric water acquisition in wheat crop—a review Ali Z, Merrium S, Habib-ur-Rahman M, Hakeem S, Saddique MA, Sher MA Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 01-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC9054867
doi:10.1007/s11356-022-18846-3
PMID:35102510
Fungal Endophytic Community and Diversity Associated with Desert Shrubs Driven by Plant Identity and Organ Differentiation in Extremely Arid Desert Ecosystem Zuo Y, Li X, Yang J, Liu J, Zhao L, He X J Fungi (Basel) 20-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8306007
doi:10.3390/jof7070578
PMID:34356957
Why Plants Harbor Complex Endophytic Fungal Communities: Insights From Perennial Bunchgrass Stipagrostis sabulicola in the Namib Sand Sea Wenndt AJ, Evans SE, van Diepeningen AD, Logan JR, Jacobson PJ, Seely MK, Jacobson KM Front Microbiol 08-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8217645
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.691584
PMID:34168636
Fungal Communities on Standing Litter Are Structured by Moisture Type and Constrain Decomposition in a Hyper-Arid Grassland Logan JR, Jacobson KM, Jacobson PJ, Evans SE Front Microbiol 24-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7943874
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.596517
PMID:33716999

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