Calamagrostis viridiflavescens (Poir.) Steud.

Camargo Keller, Victor, Lopes Pereira-Silva, Erico Fernando & Hardt, Elisa, 2021, High richness, new occurrences, and threatened species in a savanna grassland remnant in the largest Brazilian metropolis, Check List 17 (2), pp. 507-549 : 527

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.507

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scientific name

Calamagrostis viridiflavescens (Poir.) Steud.
status

 

Calamagrostis viridiflavescens (Poir.) Steud. View in CoL

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Identification. Perennial tussock grass, with short rhizomes, 0.5–1.1 m height. Leaf-blades linear, glabrous, 10–30 cm long, 0.5–1.0 cm wide, ligulate. Identified by its green-yellowish contracted panicle inflorescence, 17– 34 cm long.

Remarks. An unusual species on the native grassland, observed mainly in places with little disturbance.

Brazilian range. South and Southeast regions.

Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′42″S, 046°42′06″W; 19 Nov. 2016; collection number vck16; HUFABC1890 GoogleMaps .

Digitaria corynotricha (Hack.) Henrard Identification. Perennial tussock grass, 50–80 cm height. Leaf-blade lanceolate, with trichome in both faces, 8–14 cm long, 0.4 cm wide, ligulate. It is recognized by its inflorescence with 1–2 erect branches, 10–15 cm long, spikelets with dark-brown hairs.

Remarks. A rare species on the native grassland. Considered Endangered in São Paulo state.

Brazilian range. Midwest, North (PA state), Northeast (BA state), South (except SC state) and Southeast (except ES and RJ states) regions.

Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′42″S, 046°42′06″W; 2 Dec. 2017; collection number vck117; HUFABC1892 GoogleMaps .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Calamagrostis

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