Revision of Poa L. (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poinae) in Mexico: new records, re-evaluation of P. ruprechtii, and two new species, P. palmeri and P. wendtii
Author
Soreng, Robert J.
Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA
Author
Peterson, Paul M.
Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA
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11b.
Poa matris-occidentalis mohinorensis Soreng & P.M. Peterson, Sida 22(2): 911, f. 1d, 2a-b. 2006
Figs 10 D
11 A, B
Type:
Mexico, Chihuahua, Municipio de Guadalupe y Calvo, Sierra Madre Occidental, N side of Cerro Mohinora, ca. 13 mi SW of Guadalupe y Calvo, open pine-fir woods with scattered spruce, nearly vertical, N facing rock wall, very moist with many bryophytes and rich herbaceous flora,
25°57'N
,
107°03'W
, 2950 m, 20 Aug 1988,
G.Nesom & A.McDonald 6475
(holotype: TEX!; isotype: ARIZ!).
Description.
Leaf
sheaths retrorsely scabrous to puberulent; collars ciliate; ligules abaxially puberulent.
Lemma
keel and marginal veins proximally puberulent, between veins densely scabrous.
Lodicules
0.75 mm long, broadly ovate with a broad lateral lobe.
Distribution.
This subspecies is known only from the Sierra Mohinora, Chihuahua.
Ecology.
The subspecies is found on moist rocky ledges and cliffs associated with
Juniperus
,
Pinus
,
Abies
,
Picea
,
Holodiscus
,
Silene
,
Cerastium
,
Deschampsia cespitosa
(L.) P. Beauv.,
Bromus carinatus
,
Muhlenbergia vaginata
Swallen, and
Muhlenbergia cenchroides
; from
2950
-3300 m (see below,
Correll's
estimation is too high according to the geodetic mark at the top of the peak). Flowering August to October.
Specimens examined.
Mexico.
Chihuahua:
Sierra Mohinora, near Cumbre Mohinora,
25°57'34"N
,
107°03'49"W
, 3250-3300 m, 13 Sep 2006, P.M.Peterson 20048, F.
Sanchez-Alvarado
& E.P.
Gomez-Ruiz
(US); ditto, 20049 (US); ditto, on summit, 10,000-12,000 ft [3050-3660 m], 16-17 Oct 1959, D.S.Correll 23177 & H.S.Gentry (LL).
Discussion.
When the second author visited the type locality in 2006, the habitat within 5 km of the peak was found to be quite disturbed by grazing and logging. The holotype was initially determined as
Poa tracyi
"vel. aff." by J.R & C.G. Reeder in 1989).