Book ID: 102934
Peterson, Paul M. and Robert J. Soreng
Revision of Poa L. (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poinae) in Mexico. New records, re - evaluation of the P. Ruprechtii, and two new species, P. Palmeri and P. Wendtii. 2012. (PhytoKeys,15). illus.104 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Who new there are so many bluegrasses in Mexico? This monographicstudy of the Mexiccan species of the large (500 plus species),taxonomically complex, world - wide genus Poa revealed there were 23,including 2 new to science, and 2 previously unknown there. Two othernarrow endemics were described only in the last 10 years. The Mexicanspecies occur mainly in the mountains, especially in the alpine. Elevennatives are are globally rare, or rare in Mexico.