Adriana Glücksberg‡, Eric Javier Martínez‡, Ana Isabel Honfi§, Carla Maldonado|, Diego Hernán Hojsgaard¶Corresponding author: Adriana Glücksberg ( adriglucks@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Juliana de Paula-Souza © Adriana Glücksberg, Eric Javier Martínez, Ana Isabel Honfi, Carla Maldonado, Diego Hernán Hojsgaard. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Glücksberg A, Martínez EJ, Honfi AI, Maldonado C, Hojsgaard DH (2019) New records and range expansion for Paspalum procurrens and P. volcanense in northwestern Argentina and southeastern Bolivia. Check List 15(6): 1137-1144. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.6.1137 |  |
Paspalum procurrens Quarin and P. volcanense Zuloaga, Morrone & Denham are two rare species of South American grasses inhabiting geographically restricted areas which are exposed to ecological degradation due to landscape transformation and biodiversity losses. We present new records for these species, from the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán and Catamarca (Argentina) and departments of Tarija, Chuquisaca, and Santa Cruz (Bolivia). New geographic distribution maps and the biological relevance of these findings are discussed pinpointing the need for imperative and assiduous botanical explorations in biodiversity hotspots sensible to the impact of human activities. Ploidy levels in these two species are studied.