Merostachys espessae is known from localities with an annual mean temperature of 23.3°C and precipitation of 854 mm. Temperatures show moderate seasonality (standard deviation ~175.8), varying from 30.4°C in the warmest month to 14.7°C in the coolest (isothermality ratio ~66.2). Precipitation shows considerable seasonality (coefficient of variation ~59.8), varying from 158 mm in the wettest month to 23 mm in the driest. The mean temperatures of the wettest (totaling 428 mm) and driest (totaling 73 mm) quarters being 24.6°C and 20.8°C, respectively, and the mean precipitation of the warmest (26.3°C) and coolest (19.5°C) quarters being 279 mm and 82 mm, respectively.

Tables and figures are dynamically generated by intersecting georeferenced herbarium specimen localities with 10 minute resolution WorldClim v2.1 variables (Fick and Hijmans 2017). The above data are subject to change as specimens and geocoordinates are added, removed or altered.

Fick, S.E. and R.J. Hijmans, 2017. Worldclim 2: New 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology 37(12), 4302–4315. doi:10.1002/joc.5086

Specimens Referenced: . BRAZIL ---Minas Gerais: Amorim, André M. 5886 [2006-04-22], Lombardi, J.A. 5400 [2003-08-23], Lombardi, J.A. 5939 [2004-03-08], Silva, R.V. 32 [2014-05-15]