Revisión taxonómica de Piptochaetium J. Presl (Gramineae: Stipeae) en Uruguay

This article introduces a taxonomic revision of Piptochaetium J. Presl. (GRAMINEAE: Stipeae) for Uruguay. The genus in Uruguay is composed by twelve species and two varieties. Herbarium material was analyzed from the Faculty of Agronomy of Montevideo, Bernardo Rosengurtt, together with field observations. The original descriptions were examined material. 

This work includes dichotomous keys to species, detailed descriptions, synonymies, illustrations, photographs and distribution maps.