Hemiepiphytic plants are defined by their ontogeny. They germinate on a host tree but later establish root contact with the soil. Most hemiepiphytes remain structurally dependent on their host for their entire life, but ...

Podagrostis colombiana sp. nov. (Poaceae: Poeae: Agrostidinae), is described and illustrated from high-elevation paramo of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. This endemic species constitutes a new genus record for ...