Piptochaetium fuscum (Nees ex Steud.) Barkworth, Ciald., & Gandhi, a new combination replacing Piptochaetium setosum (Trin.) Arechav.

By

Barkworth, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1941-
Cialdella, Ana María
Gandhi, Kanchi N.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

35

Pages

17-22

Subjects

Nomenclature , Piptochaetium , Stipa , Stipeae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.35.6622

 

Abstract

A new name, Piptochaetium fuscum, is provided for a taxon hitherto known as Piptochaetium setosum (Trin.) Arechav. Morphological, anatomical, and molecular studies that argue against including Piptochaetium in Stipa, and hence use of S. purpurata (Phil.) Columbus & J.P. Sm., are cited.