Stipa regeliana Hackel (1884: 130)

Nobis, Marcin, Nowak, Arkadiusz & Gudkova, Polina D., 2015, A new synonym and a new combination in Stipa aliena Keng (Poaceae: Stipa sect. Regelia), Phytotaxa 195 (3), pp. 236-242 : 238-239

Stipa regeliana Hackel (1884: 130)

Type:—( USSR Kirgisia) Issikul, Musart, 2300–2650 m, August 1877, Regel (holotype W).

≡ Achnatherum regelianum (Hackel) Tzvelev (2012: 22) , syn. nov.

= Stipa purpurascens Hitchcock (1930b: 95) . Type:— China, Kansu province, south of Sining, in the La Che Tze Mountains, alt. 3350 to 3900, R.C. Ching 686 ( US 1245701).

Selected specimens studied:— KYRGYZSTAN. Transalai Alatau, Kara-Bulak , upper Issyk River , 9 September 1943, V. P. Goloskokov ( LE) ; Tian-Shan, left slope of the Kaendy River Valley , 12 August 1960, N. Shrylevich ( LE) ; Tian-Shan, Ketmen’ Mts, Chulak Valley , 11 August 1963, S. A. Aryetangaliev ( LE) ; Tian-Shan, Dzhety-Oguzovskii region, Syrty , 80 km SSW of Pokrovki settl., 20 July 1935, N. Savich & G. Sabardina ( LE) ; central Tian-Shan, right slope of the Inylzek River , 27 August 1939, V. Yakovleva 41 ( LE) ; Terskei Alatau, Dhzalgys-Tyur Mts, 27 Jyly 1937, I. V. Vykhodtseva ( FRU). TAJIKISTAN. Eastern Pamir Mts , upper Western Pshart River Valley , alt. 3700 m, 9 August 1968, S. S. Ikonnikov 19055 ( LE) ; Eastern Pamir Mts, Ak-tash, alt. 4000 m, 22 July 1953, S. S. Ikonnikov ( LE). PAKISTAN. Hazara, NW Himalaya, lower Kaghan Vy , Mt. Makra top, N 34°34’, E 73°30’, 14 September 1995, B. Dickoré 13223 ( MSB 152897 ). CHINA. Xinjang, eastern Tian-Shan , Katyl pass, near Bain-Bulak, 15 August 1958, A. A. Yunatov & I. F. Yuan 624 ( LE) ; Xinjang, northern slope of Tian-Shan, Manu-Gol River Valley , 22 July 1957, A. A. Yunatov et al. 1001 ( LE) ; Xizang, S Tibet, Tibetan Himalaya, Everest E, head Kangchung Gl , 13 km E of Everest top, N 28°59’, E 78°2’, alt. 5290 m, 18 Oktober 1989, B. Dickoré 6527 ( MSB 152896 ) ; Xizang, E Tibet, Mekong–Salween divide, Salween tributary, Bamda–Nujiang , NE of pass ( Camp 3), N 30°10’, E 97°17’, alt. 4660 m, 6 July 1994, B. Dickoré 98970 ( MSB 152894 , MSB 152893 ) ; Xizang, S Tibet, Tibetan Himalaya, NE of Bhutan, N of Cona, N 28°7’, E 91°54’, alt. 4720 m, 30 July 1994, B. Dickoré 10172 ( MSB 152892 ). INDIA. Jammu and Kashmir State, Ladakh, Pangong , Parma village to Sato village , valley, N 33°48.5’, E 78°20.8’, alt. 4650 m, 23 September 2003, L. Klimeš 3590 ( PR) ; Jammu and Kashmir State, Ladakh, Indus Vy, Sham ( W), Parmas [Phocha Tokpo] valley above Do , N 34°25.84’, E 77°0.98’, alt. 4500–4580 m, 21 September 2005, L. Klimeš 6463 ( PR) ; Jammu and Kashmir State, Ladakh, Shyok, Chumic Yogma , N 33°48.5’, E 78°20.8’, alt. 4940–4960 m, 24 September 2004, L. Klimeš 5033 ( PR) .