Merostachys kleinii is known from localities with an annual mean temperature of 18.3°C and precipitation of 1509 mm. Temperatures show considerable seasonality (standard deviation ~250.9), varying from 25.8°C in the warmest month to 9.2°C in the coolest (isothermality ratio ~56.6). Precipitation shows considerable seasonality (coefficient of variation ~58.9), varying from 266 mm in the wettest month to 28 mm in the driest. The mean temperatures of the wettest (totaling 750 mm) and driest (totaling 111 mm) quarters being 21.1°C and 15.1°C, respectively, and the mean precipitation of the warmest (23°C) and coolest (14.5°C) quarters being 642 mm and 149 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: ---Paraná: Liebsch, D. 1156 [2006-09-25], ---Santa Catarina: Klein, Roberto M. 11008 [1974-01-16], ---São Paulo: Shirasuna, RT 1694 [2008-09-02], Shirasuna, RT 1789 [2008-10-13], Shirasuna, RT 1790 [2008-10-13], Shirasuna, RT 2481 [2009-07-21], Shirasuna, RT 2554 [2009-09-11], Shirasuna, RT 2559 [2009-09-28], Shirasuna, RT 2616 [2009-11-03]. BRAZIL ---Minas Gerais: Klein, R.M. 10993 [1973-12-31], ---Paraná: Budziak, C. 44 [2004-12-16], Hatschbach, G. 33561 [1973-12-20], Kummrow, R. 154 [1973-11-23], ---Santa Catarina: Klein, R.M. [], Klein, R.M. 10682 [1973-01-16], Klein, R.M. 11008 [1974-00-00], Klein, R.M. 11008 [1974-01-16], Klein, R.M. 11022 [1974-01-17], Klein, R.M. 11058 [1974-01-21], Klein, R.M. 11062 [1974-01-22], Klein, R.M. 11067 [1974-01-22], Klein, Roberto M. 11008 [1974-01-16], ---São Paulo: Shirasuna, R.T. 2768 [2010-02-12], ---South Carolina: Klein, R.M. 11062 [1974-01-22]