Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

New taxa ofFestuca (Poaceae) from Ecuador

  • Published:
Folia Geobotanica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A revision of the genusFestuca (Poaceae) in Ecuador resulted in the description of nine new taxa presented here. All are endemic to the Ecuadorian páramos. The majority of taxa (F. carchiense, F. holubii, F. soukupii, F. oroana, F. imbaburensis, F. chimborazensis subsp.micacochensis, F. parciflora subsp.loxana, F. vaginalis subsp.cayambae) belong to the sectionFestuca, the largest and cosmopolitan section of subgenusFestuca. Festuca laegaardii is a new taxon of the small South American sectionCataphylophorae (subgen.Festuca). Comments on an interesting case of the vegetative proliferation inF. subulifolia are given.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Alexeev E.B. (1984): The new taxa of the genusFestuca (Poaceae) from Colombia and Ecuador.Bot. Zhurn. 69: 1543–1551.

    Google Scholar 

  • Alexeev E.B. (1986):Festuca L. (Poaceae) in Venezuela, Colombia et Ecuador.Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 23: 5–23.

    Google Scholar 

  • Blanco P. et al. (1991): Herbarium Mutisianum.Fontqueria 32: 1–173.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hitchcock A.S. (1927): The grasses of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 292–556.

    Google Scholar 

  • Humboldt A., Bonpland A. & Kunth C.S. (1815–1825):Nova genera et species plantarum. Paris

  • Jørgensen P.M &Ulloa Ulloa C. (1994): Seed plants of the High Andes of Ecuador — a checklist.AAU Rep. 34: 1–443.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jørgensen P.M. &León-Yánez S. (1999):Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis.

    Google Scholar 

  • Luteyn J.L. (eds.) (1999):Páramo: An Andean ecosystem under human influence. Academic Press, London.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kunth C.S. (1833):Enumeratio plantarum I. Stutgard.

  • Pinto-Escobar P. (1985): Gramíneas, I. In:Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada (1783–1816) 4(2), Ediciones Cultural Hispánica, Madrid, pp. 53–85.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sain-Yves A. (1927): Contribution a l’étude desFestuca (subg.EuFestuca) de l’Amérique du Sud.Candollea 3: 151–315.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01, Prague, Czech Republic

    Daniel Stančík

Authors
  1. Daniel Stančík
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Daniel Stančík.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Stančík, D. New taxa ofFestuca (Poaceae) from Ecuador. Folia Geobot 39, 97–110 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803266

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803266

Keywords

Search

Navigation