TY - BOOK AU - Stancik,Daniel AU - Peterson,Paul M. TI - A revision of Festuca (Poaceae: Loliinae) in South American paramos T2 - Contributions from the United States National Herbarium AV - QK495.G74 S728 2007 U1 - 584.9 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press KW - Fescue KW - South America KW - Classification KW - Local KW - Identification N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available on the World Wide Web N2 - Stancik, Daniel and Paul M. Peterson. A revision of Festuca (Poaceae: Loliinae) in South American paramos. Smithsonian Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Volume 56, 184 pages (including 97 fi gures). A taxonomic revision of Festuca L. for the South American paramos of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru, and Venezuela is given. Fifty-six species and six subspecies of Festuca are recognized in the study area. Fifty-three species are native to the fl ora region and three are introduced and cultivated. Keys for determining the species, a classifi cation, synonymies, descriptions, leaf anatomical descriptions, observations, distribution and habitat, specimens examined, illustrations, and leaf surface micrographs are provided. One species: F. turimiquirensis Stancik & P.M. Peterson, and one subspecies: F. tolucensis subsp. culata Stancik & P.M. Peterson, are newly described. The following three names were lectotypifi ed: Bromus caldasii Kunth [=Festuca caldasii (Kunth) Kunth], Festuca fratercula Rupr. ex E. Fourn. (=Festuca amplissima Rupr. subsp. amplissima), and Festuca ovina subvar. jamesonii St.-Yves (=Festuca glumosa Hack. ex E.B. Alexeev) UR - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/pubs/CUSNH/vol56web.pdf ER -