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Internal ID UUID64402e43aece1451846300
Scientific name Agrostis tolucensis
Authority Kunth
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 135 (1816)

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It is also found in the United States, Mexico, and South America.

Agrostis tolucensis is a species of grass found in South America, the United States, and Mexico. It is a perennial, caespitose grass with culms 8–32 cm long and 0.5 mm wide. Its leaf-blades are erect, filiform, conduplicate, 5–10 cm long and 0.7–13 mm wide, with ribbed surfaces. The panicle is 3–10 cm long and 0.3–0.8 cm wide, inflorescenced, linear, and spiciform. The spikelets are elliptic, 2.3–3.6 mm long, and carry filiformed pedicels 0.5–3 mm long and scabrous. The glumes are purple, oblong, membranous, have no lateral veins, and have acute apexes. The plant is found growing at elevations of 2,500–5,000 m in Bolivia, and is also found in the United States, Mexico, and South America.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agraulus mexicanus J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 236 (1830)
Agrostis andicola Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 505 (1906)
Agrostis californica Trin. Agrostidea 2: 113 (1841)
Agrostis glomerata Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 219 (1833)
Agrostis hoffmannii Mez Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 3 (1922)
Agrostis mexicana Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 223 (1833)
Agrostis nana var. andicola Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 505 (1906)
Agrostis nana var. aristata Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 294 (1879)
Agrostis tolucensis var. andicola (Pilg.) Rúgolo & A.M.Molina Parodiana 8: 142 (1993)
Agrostis virescens Rupr. Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 229. 1842 (1842)
Vilfa glomerata J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 239 (1830)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Chile North
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000844656
Tropicos 25503307
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:386427-1
The Plant List kew-390546
Open Tree Of Life 376088
NCBI Taxonomy 1159253
IPNI 386427-1
iNaturalist 288316
GBIF 4115072
Freebase /m/0zbvykd
EOL 5842045
USDA GRIN 2062
Wikipedia Agrostis_tolucensis

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Llamas (Llama glama) enhance proglacial ecosystem development in Cordillera Blanca, Peru Zimmer A, Beach T, Riva Regalado S, Salcedo Aliaga J, Cruz Encarnación R, Anthelme F Sci Rep 24-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10518316
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41458-x
PMID:37743358
Ecosystem sentinels for climate change? Evidence of wetland cover changes over the last 30 years in the tropical Andes Dangles O, Rabatel A, Kraemer M, Zeballos G, Soruco A, Jacobsen D, Anthelme F PLoS One 24-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5443494
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175814
PMID:28542172

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