New Taxa and Nomenclatural Combinations of Mesoamerican Grasses (Poaceae)

• Published in: Novon (Saint Louis, Mo.) Mo.), 1992-07, Vol.2 (2), p.81-110
• Main Authors: Davidse, Gerrit, Pohl, Richard W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Branches; Florets; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glumes; Hair; Holotypes; Inflorescences; Internodes; Ligules; Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution; Spermatophyta; Spikelets; Stems; Systematics (diagnosis, chromosome numbers)
• ISSN: 1055-3177; 1945-6174
• DOI: 10.2307/3391667

As a result of a review of the grass family for Flora Mesoamericana, 13 new species (Arthrostylidium judziewiczii, A. merostachyoides, Aulonemia clarkiae, Merostachys latifolia, Rhipidocladum martinezii, Guadua macclurei, Arberella grayumii, Cryptochloa soderstromii, Pariana argentea, Danthonia chiapasensis, Pereilema diandrum, Digitaria breedlovei, D. clavitricha) and three new varieties (Eragrostis rufescens var. mesoamericana, Panicum aquaticum var. cartagoense, Andropogon gerardii var. hondurensis) are described, one new name (Elymus cordilleranus) is proposed, 17 new combinations (Guadua longifolia, Chondrosum hirsutum var. glandulosum, Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. floridanum, D. sciurotoides, D. sciurotis, D. aciculare var. ramosum, D. dichotomum var. unciphyllum, D. umbonulatum, D. cordovense, D. pantrichum, Paspalidium chapmanii, P. distantiflora, P. leonis, P. pradana, P. ophiticola, P. subtransiens, P. utowanaea) are made, and one name (Bromus exaltatus) is lectotypified.