Calamagrostis guamanensis Escalona, Phytologia 65(5): 340, f. 2. 1988.

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 guamanensis Escalona, Phytologia 65(5): 340, f. 2. 1988. Fig. 5 A, B

Type.

ECUADOR. Napo: [road Quito-Baeza at the telecomunication antenna, N of the Guamani paramo, in the oriental Andes, 0°10.2'S; 78°23.4'W], 4260 m alt., 3 Mar. 1985, [grass forming loose tufts in cushion plants of Distichia muscoides ], F.D. Escalona & Gallegos 390 (holotype: ISC; isotypes: K!, MO (MO115961), QCA, US!, VEN).

Comments.

Previously considered endemic to Ecuador ( Luteyn 1999).

Specimen examined.

COLOMBIA. Nariño: Mun. Pasto, Volcan Galeras, frequent growing in cushion plants and similar damp protected places at high altitudes in base high páramo, 1°13.6417'N; 77°21.8718'W, 4000 m alt., 29 Nov. 1983, J.R.I Wood 4064 (FMB, K).

Figures

Figure 5. A general habit and a spikelet of Calamagrostis guamanensis Escalona, J. R. I. Wood 4064 (FMB), Calamagrostis heterophylla (Wedd.) Pilg., S. P. Sylvester 3158 (US), Calamagrostis pisinna Swallen, S. P. Sylvester 3107 (US), and Calamagrostis rigida (Kunth) Trin. ex Steud., S. P. Sylvester 3125 (US). Habit scale bar 5 cm; spikelet scale bar 1 mm.