High richness, new occurrences, and threatened species in a savanna grassland remnant in the largest Brazilian metropolis
Author
Camargo Keller, Victor
Author
Lopes Pereira-Silva, Erico Fernando
Author
Hardt, Elisa
text
Check List
2021
2021-03-16
17
2
507
549
http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.2.507
journal article
10.15560/17.2.507
1809-127X
Schizachyrium tenerum
Nees
Figure 20A
Identification.
Perennial tussock grass,
30–80 cm
height, ramified on the upper nodes. Leaf-blades linear, 3.5–30.0 cm long,
0.05–0.2 cm
wide, glabrous, with marginal trichomes, ligulate. It is identified by its branched apical inflorescence,
2–6 cm
long, pedicel covered with hairs and sessile spikelets with
10–14 mm
awn.
Remarks.
Occurs scarcely on the native grassland over shallow soils. Considered Endangered in
São Paulo state
.
Brazilian range.
Midwest, Northeast (BA state), South and Southeast (except ES state) regions.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
–
São Paulo
•
Franco da Rocha
,
Parque Estadual do Juquery
;
23°20′56″S
,
046°40′55″W
;
22 Aug. 2017
; collection number vck73; HUFABC2005
.