Merostachys sparsiflora is known from localities with an annual mean temperature of 23.1°C and precipitation of 1141 mm. Temperatures show moderate seasonality (standard deviation ~137.7), varying from 29.4°C in the warmest month to 16.5°C in the coolest (isothermality ratio ~66.8). Precipitation shows moderate seasonality (coefficient of variation ~36.4), varying from 299 mm in the wettest month to 16 mm in the driest. The mean temperatures of the wettest (totaling 832 mm) and driest (totaling 73 mm) quarters being 24.1°C and 21.9°C, respectively, and the mean precipitation of the warmest (25.6°C) and coolest (18.4°C) quarters being 298 mm and 286 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: ---Bahía: Calderón, Cleofé E. 2445 [1976-05-22], ---Bahia: Lima, JCA de 204 [1983-11-11]. BRAZIL ---: Kuhlmann, M. s.n. [1944-03-25], Riedel, Ludwig [], Riedel, Ludwig s.n. [], ---Ba: Lima, J.C.A. 204 [1983-11-11], ---Bahia: Amorim, André M. 4688 [], Calderón, Cleofé E. [], Calderón, Cleofé E. 2190 [1972-03-25], Calderón, Cleofé E. 2387 [1976-04-23], Calderón, Cleofé E. 2445 [1976-05-22], Calderón, Cleofé E. 2368 [1980-04-09], Fiaschi, P. 2651 [2004-11-11], Fiaschi, Pedro 2621 [2004-10-30], Lima, J.C.A. 204 [1983-11-11], Lima, JCA de 204 [1983-11-11], Lima, Jorge C.A. 204 [1983-11-11], Matos, E.N. de 43 [2011-06-03], Riedel, Ludwig s.n. [], Santos-Gonçalves, Ana Paula 654 [2013-05-02], ---Es: Ferreira, Fabrício M. 2178 [2009-09-30], Folli, D. A. 3764 [2000-11-28], Silva, C. 1154 [2014-05-17], Viana, Pedro L. 2595 [2007-02-07], Viana, Pedro L. 2604 [2007-02-09], Viana, Pedro L. 2614 [2007-02-11], ---Espírito Santo: Silva, C. 1154 [2014-05-17], Viana, Pedro L. 2595 [2007-06-07], Viana, Pedro L. 2612 [2007-06-07], ---Pará: Berg, C.C. BG 546 [1977-10-15], ---São Paulo: Kuhlmann, M. s.n. [1944-03-25]