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Taxonomy and morphology of the Elymus semicostatus group (Poaceae)
Author(s) -
Salomon Björn
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1994.tb00563.x
Subject(s) - biology , elymus , taxon , taxonomy (biology) , botany , poaceae , hybrid , key (lock) , interspecific competition , interspecific hybrids , zoology , ecology
The Elymus semicostatus group is revised taxonomically. Previously, 32 taxa have been described in the group. Here, nine of these are accepted as species and two as interspecific hybrids, namely, E. semicostatus, E. macrochaetus, E. validus, E. abolinii, E. fedtschenkoi, E. nevskii. E. praeruptus, E. panormitanus, E. nepalensis, E . × brachyphyllus , and E . × macrolepis . Synonymy, morphological descriptions, illustrations, chromosome numbers, and a key to the taxa are provided.