Title
Aristida tovariana (Poaceae, Aristidoideae), a new species from the Andes of Southern Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
Aristida tovariana sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The new species, from southern Ayacucho, differs from A. achalensis in having spikelets 1–1.5 cm long, lemmas 5–6 mm long with awns 5.8–10 mm long, a twisted column not greater than 3 mm long, and fusiform caryopses with a ventral groove. A key to the species Aristida in Peru is included and the conservation status of the new species is evaluated.
Start page
105
End page
111
Volume
362
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85050593378
Source
Phytotaxa
ISSN of the container
11793155
Sponsor(s)
We thank Dr. Paul M. Peterson, curator of grasses in the United States National Herbarium, for his invaluable comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. We thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments, which helped us to improve the manuscript, and we thank also the directors of the HSP and USM herbaria for facilitating access to their collections.
Sources of information:
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