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Stipa leptogluma

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Ecuador (Imbabura)
Climate
montane tropical

About

Stipa leptogluma Pilg. is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.

It is found only in Ecuador.

Where it grows

Stipa leptogluma is endemic to northern Ecuador. It is known only from a single collection made by A. Stuebel between 1870 and 1874 at Loma de Conaballa in Imbabura Province and nearby sites. The species was recorded in arid habitats of the Cangahua formation at elevations of 2100–2300 m. Its precise distribution remains uncertain.

Other Stipa plants

Piptochaetium avenaceum · Stipa barbata · Stipa bavarica · Stipa borysthenica · Dwarf Feather Grass · Stipa dregeana · Needle Grass · Stipa milleana · European feather grass · Stipa petriei · Golden Feather Grass · Horsetail Feather Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stipa leptogluma by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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