Calamagrostis sp. A" (Dorr 2014: 221).

Sylvester, Steven P., Soreng, Robert J., Bravo-Pedraza, William J., Cuta-Alarcon, Lia E., Giraldo-Canas, Diego, Aguilar-Cano, Jose & Peterson, Paul M., 2019, Paramo Calamagrostis s. l. (Poaceae): An updated list and key to the species known or likely to occur in paramos of NW South America and southern Central America including two new species, one new variety and five new records for Colombia, PhytoKeys 122, pp. 29-78 : 29

" Calamagrostis sp. A" (Dorr 2014: 221).

Comments.

This taxon was first noted as " Calamagrostis chaseae auct., non Luces" by Dorr et al. (2000 [2001]: 56) and subsequently called " Calamagrostis sp. A" in the Flora of Guaramacal (Venezuela): Monocotyledons ( Dorr 2014) but its identity remains ambiguous and needs further study. The species habit is noted as stoloniferous, a habit not known from Calamagrostis or Deschampsia , which are tufted or very-short rhizomatous and tussock-forming. The mention of short spikelets (3-4.4 mm long), florets (appearing to) almost reach or equal the length of the glumes and 1-veined upper glumes in the brief description by Dorr (2014: 221) makes it possible that this taxon belongs to Podagrostis or Agrostis , although mention of a puberulent callus and presence of a fairly long awn (3.5-6 mm long) makes it less likely that this species is a Podagrostis .