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Holcus pintodasilvae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae), a new species from the Island of Madeira (Portugal), and notes on Macaronesian Holcus

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A new species of Holcus L. (Poaceae), endemic to the island of Madeira (Portugal), is here described as H. pintodasilvae M. Seq. & Castrov. This new species is morphologically closely related to the Macaronesian endemics H. rigidus Hochst. ex Hochst. (Azores Archipelago) and H. mollis L. subsp. hierrensis Stierst. (El Hierro Island, in the Canary Islands) but differs by having the culm nodes light brown, the leaves with a glabrous sheath and subspreading lamina attenuated to an acuminate apex, the glumes blunt, shiny, glabrous (except in the minutely scabrous veins), the upper glume with proximal lateral veins, and the lemma of the upper floret with an awn ca. 4 mm, twice as long as the lemma. Chromosome counts in H. pintodasilvae are tetraploid (2 n = 28). Morphology, ecology, biogeog raphy, and conservation issues are discussed and related to other Macaronesian Holcus taxa. Holcus (totaling less than 20 individuals), and its IUCN conservation status is Critically Endangered (CR). A new specific status is proposed for H. mollis subsp. hierrensis, as H. hierrensis (Stierst.) Stierst. & M. Seq., based on its chromosome number and morphological identity.
Descreve-se uma nova especie, Holcus pintodasilvae M. Seq. & Castrov., pertencente ao genero Holcus L. (Poaceae), endemica da Ilha da Madeira (Portugal). Morfologicamente proxima dos endemismos macaronesicos H. rigidus Hochst. ex Hochst. (Arquipelago dos Agores) e H. mollis L. subsp. hierrensis Stierst. (Ilha de Hierro, Arquipelago das Canarias) diferencia-se por possuir: nos de ; folhas com bainhas glabras i apice acumi nado; glumas brilhantes, muticas e glabras (excepto nas nervuras que se apresentam escabriusculas), gluma superior com as nervuras laterais proximais; lema da flor superior com arista ca. 4 mm (duas vezes da contagem de cromossomas de H. pintosilvae (2 n = 28). Discutem-se, e relacionam-se com outros taxa Macaronesicos do genero Holcus, aspectos relativos a morfologia, ecologia, biogeografia e conservagao. Holcus pintodasilvae foi encontrado em apenas tres populagoes (num total de menos de 20 indivfduos), sendo o seu estado de conservagao IUCN esta criticamente ameagado (CR). Propoe-se ainda a combinagao H. hierrensis (Stierst.) Stierst. & M.

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Grtamineae Holcus IUCN Red List Macaronesia Madeira (Portugal) Poaceae Portugal . Faculdade de Ciências da Vida

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Sequeira, M. M., & Castroviejo, S. (2013). Holcus pintodasilvae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae), a new species from the Island of Madeira (Portugal), and notes on Macaronesian Holcus. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 22(3), 311-320. https://doi.org/10.3417/2010109

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Missouri Botanical Garden Press

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