Agrostis and Podagrostis (Agrostidinae, Poaceae) from paramos of Boyaca, Colombia: synoptic taxonomy including a key to Colombian species Author Sylvester, Steven P. College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Long Pan Road No. 159, Nanjing, 210037, China & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-8782 steven_sylvester@hotmail.com Author Cuta-Alarcon, Lia E. Grupo Sistematica Biologica, Herbario UPTC, Escuela de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia, Avenida Central del Norte 39 - 115, Tunja-Boyaca, Colombia Author Bravo-Pedraza, William J. Grupo Sistematica Biologica, Herbario UPTC, Escuela de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia, Avenida Central del Norte 39 - 115, Tunja-Boyaca, Colombia Author Soreng, Robert J. Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8358-4915 text PhytoKeys 2020 151 107 160 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.151.50538 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.151.50538 1314-2003-151-107 42D1EB2DF0545744B92BFCCCB395C45B Agrostis gigantea Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 31. 1788 Agrostis vinealis var. gigantea (Roth) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1: 369. 1797. Triticum giganteum (Roth) Roth, Catal. Bot. fasc. iii. 22. 1806. Vilfa gigantea (Roth) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 16. 1812. Agrostis alba var. gigantea (Roth) Lej., Rev. Fl. Spa: 15. 1825. Agrostis alba var. patula Klett & Richt., Fl. Leipzig: 71. 1830, nom. illeg. Agrostis stolonifera var. gigantea (Roth) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 26. 1830. Agrostis stolonifera subsp. gigantea (Roth) Schuebl . & G. Martens, Fl. Wuertemberg Ed. 1: 64. 1834. Agrostis stolonifera var. gigantea (Roth) Breb ., Fl. Normandie 390. 1835. Agrostis stolonifera var. gigantea (Roth) Klett & H. Richt. ex Peterm., Fl. Lips. Excurs. 83. 1838. Agrostis stolonifera var. rothii Heuff., Enum. Pl. Banat.: 226. 1856, nom. superfl. Agrostis signata var. gigantea (Roth) Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 48. 1859. Agrostis alba subsp. gigantea (Roth) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 768. 1882. Agrostis stolonifera subsp. gigantea (Roth) Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afrique N.: 2(XLV): 120. 1953. Agrostis stolonifera subsp. gigantea (Roth) Beldie, Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 152. 1972. Type. Germany. [Inter arundinum et salices ad ripas Visurgis Ducatus Bremensis], A.W. Roth s.n. (lectotype, designated by Widen 1971 : 97: G (G00195254 [image!]); isolectotypes: BM (BM001134107 [image!]), L). Many heterotypic synonyms. Notes. Giraldo-Canas et al. (2016) cite this species based on the species Agrostis tenuis L. being recorded for Colombia by Hafliger and Scholz (1981) . However, A. tenuis is a synonym of A. capillaris , and no specimens have been verified by us from either Departamento Boyaca or Colombia in general.