70 SPECIES PLANTARUM — FLORA OF THE WORLD (2002) cylindrical <strong>to</strong> oblong spike-like clusters 1–2 × 0.4–0.8 cm. Bracteoles membranous, ±lanceolate, 1.5–2.0 mm long, fimbriate-ciliate above. Tepals ±castaneous brown, subequal, with outer tepals (2.3–) 2.5–3.0 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous or very sparsely ciliate; margin pale, indistinct <strong>to</strong> ±absent. Stamens usually 3, sometimes 4–5; anthers 0.4–0.5 mm long; filaments 0.6–0.7 mm long; style 0.4–0.5 mm long; stigmas c. 1.0–1.2 mm long. Capsule subglobose <strong>to</strong> obovoid, paler castaneous brown; capsule segments 1.5–1.8 × c. 1.2 mm, glossy. Seeds c. 1.0 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide; seed-coat distinct, forming a pale apex; basal appendage c. 0.1 mm long, fibrillate. Fig. 15. Endemic <strong>to</strong> Ecuador and Peru. 83: ECU, PER. Páramos and subpáramos or rocky slopes between 3300 and 3900 m. Map 62. 83. ECUADOR: Azuay, Cuenca, Angas, 3400 m, H.Balslev 1509 (NY); Pichincha, Mt Pichincha above Qui<strong>to</strong>, 3700 m, H.Balslev 23615 (AAU, NY). PERU: Cajamarca, 2700–3700 m, B.Becker & F.M.Terrones 1225 (AAU); Lambayeque, Incahuasi, Cerro Negro, 3300 m, A.Sagástegui et al. 12827 (AAU, F, MO). 33. <strong>Luzula</strong> excelsa Buchenau, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 4: 126, tab. 4, fig. 1–8 (1874) Juncoides excelsa (Buchenau) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 724 (1891). T: Bolivia, La Paz, Lancha de Cochipata, 2700–3000 m, 1860, G.Mandon 1449; lec<strong>to</strong>: GOET, fide H.Balslev, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 68: 61 (1996); isolec<strong>to</strong>: BM, BR, F, GH, K, P, PR, S, US. <strong>Luzula</strong> hieronymi Buchenau & Griseb., in A.H.R.Grisebach, Symb. Fl. Argent. 318 (1879); Juncoides hieronymi (Buchenau) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 734 (1891). T: Argentina, Tucumán, Cienega, 1874, P.G.Lorentz & G.Hieronymus 735; lec<strong>to</strong>: GOET, fide H.Balslev, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 68: 61 (1996); isolec<strong>to</strong>: CORD, NY, K, S. <strong>Luzula</strong> hieronymi Buchenau & Griseb. var. pusilla Castillon, Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 19 (1926). T: Argentina, Tucumán, Tafí, Cumbres Calchaquies, 4200 m, 29 Jan 1907, M.Lillo 5600; lec<strong>to</strong>: LIL, fide H.Balslev, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 68: 61 (1996); pho<strong>to</strong>: PRA. <strong>Luzula</strong> hieronymi Buchenau & Griseb. f. bonariensis Barros, Darwiniana 10: 335 (1953). T: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Pigüé, Sierra de Curumalan, A.Burkart 4875; lec<strong>to</strong>: SI, fide H.Balslev, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 68: 61 (1996). <strong>Luzula</strong> castellanosii Barros, Darwiniana 10: 349 (1953). T: Argentina, Salta, Cafayate, Sierra de los Quilmes, 26 Jan 1943, A.Castellanos; holo: BA4665<strong>6.</strong> Illustrations: F.G.P.Buchenau, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 4: plate 4 (1874); F.G.P.Buchenau, in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr. (iv.36) 25: 76, fig. 49 (1906); M.Barros, Darwiniana 10: 334, fig. 16, 337, fig. 17 (1953); H.Balslev, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 68: 64, fig 33(1996). Perennials 40–100 cm tall, hairy <strong>to</strong> sparsely hairy; rhizome ascending <strong>to</strong> ±erect, rarely ±creeping. Basal leaves usually up <strong>to</strong> 25 cm long, (5–) 8–13 (–20) mm wide; cauline leaves usually 3–6, with upper ones <strong>to</strong> 17–20 cm long and 13 mm wide; all leaves acute, with densely papillose-serrulate margin. Primary bracts long, leaf-like, herbaceous, often ±equalling their partial inflorescences (lower inflorescence branches often in axils of upper cauline leaves). Inflorescence a loosely branched drooping interrupted panicle constituting 1/3– 1/2 of plant height, composed of long pedunculate interrupted partial panicles of numerous small, cylindrical clusters usually 5–8 (–15) × 3–4 (–5) mm. Bracteoles membranous, ovate, acuminate, c. 1 mm long, fimbriate-ciliate above. Tepals straw-brown <strong>to</strong> pale castaneous brown, (1.3–) 1.5–1.8 (–2.2) mm long, ±equal, ±glabrous, with a distinct membranous or paler margin. Stamens 3; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm long; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long; style 0.2–0.4 mm long; stigmas 0.5–0.7 mm long. Capsule ±ovoid, ±trigonous, acute, straw-brown <strong>to</strong> brown; capsule segments 1.4–1.6 × 0.9–1.1 mm. Seeds ellipsoidal, distinctly dark apicate, 0.8–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide; appendage whitish, 0.10–0.15 mm long, fibrillate. Fig. 1<strong>6.</strong> From southern Peru and Bolivia <strong>to</strong> Argentina and northern Patagonia. 83: BOL, PER. 85: AGE, AGW. Open mountain rocky slopes and open woodlands, 1400–3500 m. Map 63. 83. BOLIVIA: Noryungas, Unduari, 3100–4000 m, O.Buchtien 2601 (GH, M, NY, UPS, US); La Paz, Murillo, Pongo, 3600 m, E.Asplund 1049 (UPS). 85. ARGENTINA NORTHEAST: Buenos Aires, Sierra de Curamalan, A.Fabris & H.Schwabe 4909 (CTES). ARGENTINA NORTHWEST: Catamarca, El Candado, P.Joergensen 1350 (SI); Tucumán, Chicligasta, Las Pavas, 3200 m, S.Venturi 3053 (S, US); Tucumán, Tafí del Valle, 2300 m, K.Hueck 15 (SI); Jujuy, Capital, Quebrada de Yala, A.L.Cabrera 27379 (SI); Catamarca, Andalgala, Al<strong>to</strong> Blanco, P.Joergensen 1564 (LIL); La Rioja, La Vega de La Hoyada, 2700-2800 m, 22 Jan
<strong>JUNCACEAE</strong> (<strong>Luzula</strong>) Figure 15. <strong>Luzula</strong> ecuadoriensis. General habit. (E.Asplund 6494, S). Scale bar: 5 cm. Drawn by K.Tind. Originally published in G.Harling & B.Sparre (eds.), Fl. Ecuador 11: 12, fig. 3 (1979), reproduced with permission, from H.Balslev, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 68: 62, fig. 31 (1996), © Lunds Botaniska Förening, © 1996, The New York Botanical Garden. 71
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