Stipa turkestanica is a species of grass that grows in India and Central Asia and western Asia. Its culms are 30–70 cm long, and panicles 8–14 cm long, bearing few spikelets.
Taxonomy Original Description The species was first described by Eduard Hackel in 1906.
Type Specimens
The type of S. turkestanica Hack. was collected by Boris A. Fedtschenko on 27 July 1904 in the Badam‑dara Valley near Dshidak, Shugnan District, Tajikistan, during the Iter turkestanicum.The phrase Iter turkestanicum is Latin for "Turkestan expedition" and refers to Fedtschenko’s 1904 botanical journey through Central Asia. The holotype is preserved in the Vienna herbarium (W, specimen W 1916‑0019184). An isotype fragment from the Vienna material is housed in the U.S. National Herbarium (US‑3168610). Additional isotypes are deposited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K000433027) and at the Moscow State University Herbarium (MW0591230, MW0591231).
The following table summarizes the known type specimens of S. turkestanica across major herbaria: Status Collector & number Date Locality Herbarium Accession/notes Holotype B. A. Fedtschenko, s.n. 27 Jul 1904 Tajikistan: Shugnan, Dshidak, Badam‑dara Valley W (Vienna) W 1916‑0019184; Iter turkestanicum Isotype B. A. Fedtschenko, s.n. 27 Jul 1904 Turkestan (same locality as holotype) US (Smithsonian) US‑3168610 (fragment ex W) Isotype B. A. Fedtschenko, s.n. 1904 Tajikistan K (Kew) K000433027 Isotype B. A. Fedtschenko, s.n. 1904 Tajikistan MW (Moscow State Univ.) MW0591230
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