Stipa zalesskii

Stipa zalesskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Stipa
Species:	S. zalesskii
Binomial name
Stipa zalesskii Wilensky

Stipa zalesskii is a grass found in Europe and Asia. It is an important grass in Eurasian steppe. Its culms are 30–75 cm long and the leaf-blades 20–35 cm long by 0.6–1 mm wide.

Synonyms

• Stipa canescens P.A.Smirn. ex Roshev.
• Stipa dobrogensis Prodán
• Stipa glabrata P.A.Smirn.
• Stipa iljinii Roshev.
• Stipa krascheninnikowii Roshev.
• Stipa maeotica Klokov & Osychnyuk
• Stipa maeotica Klokov & Ossycznjuk
• Stipa pennata subsp. zalesskii (Wilensky) Freitag
• Stipa rubens P.A.Smirn.
• Stipa rubentiformis P.A.Smirn.
• Stipa smirnovii Martinovský
• Stipa turcomanica P.A.Smirn.
• Stipa ucrainica P.A.Smirn.
• Stipa zalesskii subsp. canescens (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev
• Stipa zalesskii var. glabrata (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev
• Stipa zalesskii var. iljinii (Roshev.) Tzvelev
• Stipa zalesskii var. maeotica (Klokov) Tzvelev
• Stipa zalesskii var. rubens (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev
• Stipa zalesskii subsp. turcomanica (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev
• Stipa zalesskiisubsp. ucrainica (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev

References

• Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 21: 232. 1925. (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.)
• Fl. Kavkaza 1:67. 1928 (D. G. Wilensky, Dnevn. Vserossijsk. S'ezda Russk. Bot. 1:41. 1921, nom. nud.)
• The Plant List entry
• Encyclopedia of Life entry
• GBIF entry
• "Stipa zalesskii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
• GrassBase entry
• Hortipedia entry
• NCBI Nucleotide database