Melinis minutiflora (grass)

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Interim profile, incomplete information          Location Specific Impacts: Ascension Is. (Saint Helena)   Reduction in native biodiversity: The spread of Melinis minutiflora may have led to the disappearance of some indigenous species (Ashmole and Ashmole, 2000 in Varnham, 2006). Threat to endangered species: Melinis minutiflora is reported to be responsible for outcompeting the endemic grass (see Sporobolus durus in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species), which is now feared extinct (George and White, 2003 in Varnham, 2006; Gray, 2003).