Agrostis lenis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae): rediscovery of a rare and presumably extinct species in São Paulo state, Brazil

Tarciso Filgueiras; Rodrigo Rodrigues

doi:10.15560/11.1.1536

Check List 11(1): e19134, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1536

Agrostis lenis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae): rediscovery of a rare and presumably extinct species in São Paulo state, Brazil

Rodrigo Sampaio Rodrigues^‡, Tarciso de Sousa Filgueiras^‡

‡ Instituto de Botânica - IBt (BRAZIL), Brazil

Corresponding author: Rodrigo Rodrigues ( rosaro_3588@yahoo.com.br )

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Citation: Filgueiras T, Rodrigues R (2015) Agrostis lenis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae): rediscovery of a rare and presumably extinct species in São Paulo state, Brazil. Check List 11(1): 1536. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1536

Abstract

The grass Agrostis lenis Roseng., Arrill. & Izag., a presumably extinct species in São Paulo state, was recollected in that state after a gap of 89 years. This species is considered rare and threatened in São Paulo. Notes on its distribution in Southeastern Brazil, images and a short description are given.

Keywords

conservation; grasses; montane grasslands; red list; southeast