Open AccessTwo new taxa and a new combination for Stipa (Gramineae: Stipeae) in Tunisia
Author(s) -
VÁZQUEZ FRANCISCO M.,
RAMOS SOLEDAD
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00625.x
Subject(s) - stipa , taxon , biology , poaceae , botany , sect
Two new taxa in Stipa L. Sect. Leiostipa Dumort., S. alba and S. letournexii ssp. ignea , are described from southern Tunisia (northern Africa). In addition, the S. letournexii complex is reviewed and a new combination, S. letournexii ssp. tunetana (H.Scholz) F.M. Vázquez, is presented. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 153 , 439–444.