taxonID	type	description	language	source
AF6387F3FFF3FFB4BCDBFC39FBF0585A.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. NW India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Ladakh, Indus Vy: Zhung (Leh), Ganglas – upper part, springs with drinking water, 3880 – 4000 m a. s. l., 30 July 2001, 34 ° 12.3 ’ N / 77 ° 36.8 ’ E, L. Klimeš 1155, 1156 (holotype KRA!, isotype PRA!). The new species is similar to Stipa roborowskyi, but differs by its longer anthecium [(7 –) 8.3 – 9.5 (– 10.5) vs. (6 –) 6.5 – 7.5 (– 7.7) mm], longer ligules of vegetative shoots [(2 –) 3.5 – 7.5 (– 9) vs. 0.5 – 1.5 (– 2) mm], longer hairs on seta [(1 –) 1.3 – 2 (– 2.3) vs. (0.3 –) 0.5 – 1.1 (– 1.4) mm], and shorter awn [(25 –) 35 – 45 (– 52) vs. (40 –) 47 – 60 (– 68) mm]. Stipa klimesii is also similar to S. purpurea, but differs by longer ligules of vegetative shoots [(2 –) 3.5 – 7.5 (– 9) vs. (0.5 –) 1 – 3 mm], shorter awn [(25 –) 35 – 45 (– 52) vs. (55 –) 65 – 90 (– 120) mm], slightly shorter hairs on seta [(1 –) 1.3 – 2 (– 2.4) vs. 2 – 3 mm] and by the character of the panicle, which is compressed with straight branches in S. klimesii vs. lax with flexuous branches in S. purpurea. Perennial plant, densely tufted, with a few culms and numerous vegetative shoots; culms 15 – 48 cm tall, with 1 (– 2) node in the lower part of culm. Leaves of vegetative shoots: sheaths glabrous or shortly pilose with white edge, glabrous at margins; ligules membranous, (2 –) 3.5 – 7.5 (– 9) mm long, acute or obtuse, the apex with very short cilia, and shortly setulose on the back; blades convolute, green to pale green, 10 – 20 cm long, 0.20 – 0.45 mm in diameter, adaxial surface covered by up to 0.15 mm long hairs, abaxial surface glabrous to slightly scabrous. Cauline leaves: sheaths glabrous or shortly pilose, the margins white and glabrous, upper sheath of culms uninflated; ligules (1.5 –) 2.5 – 8 (– 9) mm long, acute or obtuse, at the apex with very short cilia, and shortly setulose on the back; blades convolute, green or pale green, up to 10 cm long, adaxial surface shortly pilose and abaxial surface slightly scabrous. Panicle (5 –) 8 – 20 cm long, contracted, with (5 –) 10 – 20 spikelets, exserted, branches erect, setulose, single or paired, the lower ones up to 50 mm long. Glumes subequal, pale green to purple, lower glume (12.5 –) 14 – 16 (– 18) mm long, upper glume (11.5 –) 13 – 15.5 (– 17.5) mm long, lanceolate, tapering into a long hyaline apex, glabrous or setulose at dorsal line. Anthecium (7 –) 8.3 – 9.5 (– 10.5) mm long, 0.6 – 0.8 mm wide. Callus 1.4 – 2 mm long, densely and long-pilose, hairs 0.6 – 1 mm long; base of callus dorsally flattened and long protruding, peripheral ring 0.15 – 0.20 mm in diameter, scar narrowly elliptic. Lemma pale green to purple, on dorsal surface completely covered by abundant hooks and ascending hairs 0.5 – 0.7 mm long, apex with abundant or scattered hairs 0.5 – 1.0 (– 1.3) mm long. Awn (25 –) 35 – 45 (– 52) mm long, bigeniculate; column (4 –) 5 – 10 (– 12) mm long, twisted, 0.2 (– 0.3) mm wide, green or straw-coloured, pilose, hairs (1.3 –) 1.5 – 2 (– 2.4) mm long, gradually decreasing in length towards geniculation; middle segment of awn 5 – 8 mm long, pilose, hairs (1 –) 1.4 – 2 mm long, gradually decreasing in length towards geniculation; seta slightly arcuate or straight, (15 –) 20 – 30 (– 38) mm long, hairs in lower part of seta (1 –) 1.3 – 2 (– 2.3) mm long, gradually decreasing in length towards apex. Palea equal to lemma in length, with a dorsal line of hairs. Anthers yellow or purple, glabrous, 3.8 – 5.7 mm long. Lodicules 3. Ovary with 2 styles. Caryopsis 5 – 7 mm long.	en	Nobis, Marcin, Nobis, Agnieszka, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Nowak, Sylwia (2014): Stipa klimesii (Poaceae), a new species from Western Himalayas (India). Phytotaxa 174 (3): 173-180, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6
AF6387F3FFF3FFB4BCDBFC39FBF0585A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: ― Stipa klimesii is known only from Jammu and Kashmir State in northern India (Western Himalayas). It is probable that the species may be found in the neighbouring areas of Tibet, where similar habits occur. The species grows in high mountain steppes and alpine mats, between 4200 and 5100 m a. s. l.	en	Nobis, Marcin, Nobis, Agnieszka, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Nowak, Sylwia (2014): Stipa klimesii (Poaceae), a new species from Western Himalayas (India). Phytotaxa 174 (3): 173-180, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6
AF6387F3FFF3FFB4BCDBFC39FBF0585A.taxon	etymology	Etymology: ― The name of the species honors the collector Dr. Leoš Klimeš, the eminent Czech botanist and researcher of the flora and vegetation of Ladakh (NW India), who went missing on expedition in 2007. Note: ― Based on the detailed description of Stipa basiplumosa var. longearistata prepared by Freitag (1985), and examination of the holotype (holotype in K!, digital image), this taxon is conspecific with S. klimesii [not with S. roborowskyi as it was treated by Cope (1982), Freitag (1985) and Tzvelev (1968)] and should be regarded as its synonym. The new taxon could not be named S. longearistata, because this is the name of an Australian species, S. longearistata Steudel (1854: 127). Additional specimens examined (paratypes): — INDIA. NW India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Ladakh. Zanskar: Zara, confluence of Zara Chu and Lungmocha N of Sangtha village, 4450 – 4460 m a. s. l., 31 August 2001, 33 ° 20.5 ’ N / 77 ° 42.8 ’ E, L. Klimeš 1450 (PRA); Rupshu: Parang Vy, Parang Vy, 4560 m a. s. l., 20 July 2000, 32 ° 40.5 ’ N / 78 ° 22.8 ’ E, L. Klimeš 948 (PRA); Indus Vy: Stot (E), Nyi [Nior Nis; Njurnis] to Neboche, 4600 – 4700 m a. s. l., 02 September 2005, 32 ° 28.13 ’ N / 78 ° 14.25 ’ E, L. Klimeš 6178 (PRA); Rupshu: Tso Moriri, Lapgo River Valley, 4810 m a. s. l., 11 July 2000, 32 ° 58.7 ’ N / 78 ° 21.3 ’ E, L. Klimeš 889 (PRA); Rupshu: Samad Rokchen, descent from Shibuk to the S, 4870 – 4930 m a. s. l., 4 August 2001, 33 ° 16.5 ’ N / 77 ° 50.8 ’ E, L. Klimeš 1248 (PRA); Shyok: W & C, Phyang to Khardung, 4710 – 4750 m a. s. l., 5 September 2002, 34 ° 22.4 ’ N / 77 ° 35.28 ’ E, L. Klimeš 2633 (PRA); Indus Vy: Stot (E), Shurok Sumdo: slopes W of the place, 5000 – 5020 m a. s. l., 12 August 2002, 33 ° 2.6 ’ N / 78 ° 32.3 ’ E, L. Klimeš 2105 (PRA); Indus Vy: Stot (E), Sultak Tso, 4900 m a. s. l., 18 September 2003, 33 ° 34.2 ’ N / 78 ° 14.4 ’ E, L. Klimeš 3535 (PRA); Zanskar: Markha, Nimaling plains to Thachungtse, 4720 – 4790 m a. s. l., 7 September 2001, 33 ° 48.1 ’ N / 77 ° 34 ’ E, L. Klimeš 1617 (PRA); Indus Vy: Stot (E), Puga – ascent to Zoboshisha, 4530 m a. s. l., 8 July 2000, 33 ° 13 ’ N / 78 ° 17.9 ’ E, L. Klimeš 878 (PRA). Morphological variation: ― Based on variation in the pubescence of sheaths of culm leaves, two varieties of Stipa klimesii can be distinguished: var. klimesii with glabrous sheaths of culm leaves, and var. pubescens with shortly pubescent sheaths of culm leaves. The latter taxon is known only from the type collection.	en	Nobis, Marcin, Nobis, Agnieszka, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Nowak, Sylwia (2014): Stipa klimesii (Poaceae), a new species from Western Himalayas (India). Phytotaxa 174 (3): 173-180, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6
AF6387F3FFF1FFB3BCDBFBEAFAC55ED6.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. NW India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Ladakh, Zanskar: Zara, Spangchen Do, 4520 m a. s. l., 1 September 2001, 33 ° 22.7 ’ N / 77 ° 45.1 ’ E, L. Klimeš 1477 (holotype KRA!, isotype PRA!). This taxon has shortly pubescent sheaths of culm leaves, vs. glabrous sheaths of culm leaves in the nominal variety. Similar species: ― Stipa klimesii is morphologically similar to S. roborowskyi. The two species differ from each other mainly in the character of ligules of vegetative shoots, which in S. klimesii are always longer [(2 –) 3.5 – 7.5 (– 9) vs. 0.5 – 1.5 (– 2) mm]. Additionally, the new species has a longer anthecium [(7 –) 8.3 – 9.5 (– 10.5) vs. (6.0 –) 6.5 – 7.5 (– 7.7) mm] and longer hairs on seta [(1 –) 1.3 – 2 (– 2.3) vs. (0.3 –) 0.5 – 1.1 (– 1.4) mm]. Other characters differing between S. klimesii and S. roborowskyi are listed in Table 1 and illustrated in Figs. 1 – 2. The original material of S. roborowskyi (holotype in LE!, isotype in W!) has very short hairs on seta, not longer than 0.7 mm (Roshevitz 1920). A similar length of hairs on seta is given for S. roborowskyi in the Flora of China (Wu & Phillips 2006). However, during revision of herbarium material of the species from China, we observed that the length of hairs on seta varies from 0.3 up to 1.4 mm.	en	Nobis, Marcin, Nobis, Agnieszka, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Nowak, Sylwia (2014): Stipa klimesii (Poaceae), a new species from Western Himalayas (India). Phytotaxa 174 (3): 173-180, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6
AF6387F3FFF1FFB3BCDBFBEAFAC55ED6.taxon	description	Micromorphological variation: ― Stipa klimesii differs from the above-mentioned species in its lemma micromorphology, especially in the shape of silica bodies (Fig. 2). In S. klimesii silica bodies are ovate and / or elliptic to elongated, often with a single shallow constriction at the mid-point (Fig. 2 B, C). In S. roborowskyi and S. purpurea silica bodies are reniform or broadly-elliptic to more or less rectangular, without constrictions (Fig. 2 E, F, H, I). In comparison to S. roborowskyi and S. purpurea, the new species also has smaller and less frequent hooks (Fig. 2). All of these species have a narrowly elliptic scar on the callus base (Fig. 2 A, D, G) and a densely pilose callus. However, hairs on callus in S. roborowskyi are generally somewhat longer than in S. klimesii and S. purpurea (Table 1).	en	Nobis, Marcin, Nobis, Agnieszka, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Nowak, Sylwia (2014): Stipa klimesii (Poaceae), a new species from Western Himalayas (India). Phytotaxa 174 (3): 173-180, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.174.3.6
