Agrostis lehmannii Swallen, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29 (6): 263. 1949

Sylvester, Steven P., Cuta-Alarcon, Lia E., Bravo-Pedraza, William J. & Soreng, Robert J., 2020, Agrostis and Podagrostis (Agrostidinae, Poaceae) from paramos of Boyaca, Colombia: synoptic taxonomy including a key to Colombian species, PhytoKeys 151, pp. 107-160 : 107

Agrostis lehmannii Swallen, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29 (6): 263. 1949

Type.

Colombia. Cauca: collected on páramo de Purace, Central Cordillera, 3500 m alt., 26 May 1944, E.P. Kilip & F.C. Lehmann 38598 (holotype: US (US1856227)).

Notes.

Only known from the type that was collected in the Cordillera Central of Colombia, but which was out on loan at the time of writing this publication. The protologue states the species to have a dense but rather lax inflorescence to 3 cm wide, florets lacking any notable palea, and a very long (c. 6 mm) awn inserted medially on the lemma dorsal surface. The length of the awn and ligule seems to differentiate this from A. foliata and A. tolucensis . This may be an odd A. mertensii , which is known to have panicle branches that can be appressed and congested when young while open when mature, although the ligule and awn length are all slightly past the limit for this species.