New records of the genus festuca l. (poaceae) for colombia and venezuela

The genus Festuca L. (Poaceae) includes about 350-400 herbaceous species with wide cosmopolitan distribution (Watson and amp; Dallwitz 1992). The center of distribution ofthe genus is in the meadows and steppes of North America and Eurasia. Sorne species are present in Australia, Tasmania, New Zeala...

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Autores:
Stancik, Daniel
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2001
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/31263
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/31263
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/21341/
Palabra clave:
herbaceous species
distribution
páramos
Festuca L. (Poaceae)
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Description
Summary:The genus Festuca L. (Poaceae) includes about 350-400 herbaceous species with wide cosmopolitan distribution (Watson and amp; Dallwitz 1992). The center of distribution ofthe genus is in the meadows and steppes of North America and Eurasia. Sorne species are present in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and W and SE Africa. High species diversity is found in the pampas of Argentina and the puna of the Andes, with approximately 40 species in Peru (Tovar 1993),30 in Bolivia (Renvoize 1998), and 30 in Argentina (Türpe 1969). So far, 26 native species are known from the páramos of the northern South America; about seven new species from this region will be described soon (author's unpublished data).