Stipa macroglossa subsp. kazachstanica ( Kotukhov 1994: 104 ) Nobis (2013: 1055)

Nobis, Marcin & Gudkova, Polina D., 2016, Taxonomic notes on feather grasses (Poaceae: Stipa) from eastern Kazakhstan with typification of seven names and one new combination, Phytotaxa 245 (1), pp. 31-42 : 35-36

10. Stipa macroglossa subsp. kazachstanica ( Kotukhov 1994: 104) Nobis (2013: 1055)

≡ S. kazachstanica Kotukhov (1994: 104) . Type citation:—Saur-Tarbagatai, praemontia australi-occidentalia jugi Manrak, locus Sarybulak, clivulus schistosus australi-orientalis, 12 VI 1992, Ju. Kotuchov (LE).

Type (original label):— 12 VI 1992, Stipa kazachstanica Kotuch. (sect. Stipa ), Tip: Saur=Tarbagatai, yugo-zap. predgor’e khr. Manrak, urochishche Sarybulak, yugo-vost. shchebnistyi mikrosklon, Yu. Kotukhov (holotype LE!, isotypes KRA 436018!, KUZ! 2 sheets).

We found only one sheet in LE with a label and specimens matching the protologue of the species, and consider this to be the holotype.

The taxon is similar to Stipa macroglossa , but differs in spikelet characters and structures of the vegetative shoots. It has recently been recognized as a subspecies, S. macroglossa subsp. kazachstanica (Nobis 2013) . Stipa macroglossa subsp. macroglossa differs from S. macroglossa subsp. kazachstanica in having somewhat longer anthecium, seta, and adaxial surface of blades of the vegetative shoots, which are covered by a mixture of short and long hairs, rather than covered by very short spinules (Nobis 2013, Nobis et al. 2014a, 2014b, Nobis et al. 2016).