Stipa krylovii Roshev., Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 379 (1929).

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Stipa krylovii Roshev., Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 379 (1929).

≡ S. sareptana subsp. krylovii (Roshev.) Cui, Fl. Xinjiang. 6: 299 (1996);

≡ S. sareptana var. krylovii (Roshev.) Kuo & Sun, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 9(3): 275, pl. 65, f. 37-41 (1987).

= S. capillata var. coronata Roshev., Fl. Aziat. Ross. 1(12): 168, pl. 8, 8b (1916);

= S. densiflora P.A.Smirn., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 265 (1929) hom. illeg. non Hughes;

= S. densa P.A.Smirn., Del. sem. Hort. Bot. Univ. Mosquensis 15 (1930);

= S. decipiens P.A.Smirn., Ucen. Zap. Moskovsk. Gosud. Univ. 2: 338 (1934).

Type.

Selenginskaya Dauriya, gory mezhdu Temnikom i Dzhidoi, yugo-zapadnaya chast khr. Borgoiskogo, na sklonakh so stepnoi rastitelnostyu, 28 Jul. 1912, V. Smirnov 524 (lectotype: LE!, designated by Tzvelev 1976).

General distribution.

Widely distributed throughout Central Asia (Eastern Kazakhstan, Russia (Siberia: Altai, Khakasiya, Tuva, South Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Buryatiya, Chita, South Yakutia); China (Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Xizang), Mongolia, eastern Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (Pamir), North India, Nepal. ( Tzvelev 1968, 1976; Freitag 1985; Wu and Phillips 2006; Gudkova et al. 2017a, 2017b).

Distribution in Nepal.

Mustang ( Gudkova et al. 2017a).

Habitat.

High mountain semi-desert.

Altitude range.

3900-4000 m.

Notes.

These specimens were previously identified as S. capillata , but this species does not occur in Nepal. Stipa krylovii differs from S. capillata mainly in having a ring of hairs at the top of the lemma.

Selected specimens studied.

Mustang: s.loc., on dry sandy ground, 29°14'N, 83°52'E, 13000 ft, 3 Aug. 1954, Stainton, Sykes, Williams 2161 (E, K, BM).