Stipa arabica

Stipa arabica

Stipa arabica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Stipa
Species: Stipa arabica

Name

Stipa arabica Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 77 (1842)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Stipa arabica subsp. caspia (K.Koch) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 16 (1974)
  • Stipa arabica subsp. koenigii (Woronow) Tzvelev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 78(10): 93 (1993)
  • Stipa arabica var. meyeriana Trin. & Rupr. in Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 78 (1842)
  • Stipa arabica var. szowitsiana Trin. in Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 77 (1842)
  • Stipa arabica var. turgaica (Roshev.) Tzvelev in Zlaki SSSR: 584 (1976)
  • Stipa barbata subsp. damascena (Boiss.) Mouterde in Nouv. Fl. Liban Syrie 1: 54 (1966)
  • Stipa barbata var. meyeriana (Trin. & Rupr.) Hack. in Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 24: 19 (1912)
  • Stipa barbata var. szowitsiana (Trin.) Hack. in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 8 (1885)
  • Stipa caspia K.Koch in Linnaea 21: 440 (1848)
  • Stipa damascena Boiss. in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 45 (1854)
  • Stipa koenigii Woronow in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 5: 61 (1924)
  • Stipa meyeriana (Trin. & Rupr.) Grossh. in Fl. Kavkaza 1: 66 (1928)
  • Stipa prilipkoana Grossh. in Trans. Geo-Bot. Invest. Pasture-lands, Azerbaijan, Ser. A 2: 56 (1929)
    • Stipa arabica subsp. prilipkoana (Grossh.) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 16 (1974)
  • Stipa szowitsiana (Trin.) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 450 (1852)
  • Stipa szowitsiana var. meyeriana (Trin. & Rupr.) Roshev. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 91 (1934)
  • Stipa turgaica Roshev. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 11: 21 (1949)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate Regionalː Central Asia Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang Regionalː Indian subcontinent India, Tibet, West Himalaya Regionalː Southwesternl Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye Regionalː Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Continental: Europe Regionalː Southwestern Europe South European Russia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Trinius, C.B. v. & Ruprecht, F.J. 1842. Species Graminum Stipaceorum (Ex Actis Academ. Imp. Scient. Petrop. Ser. VI. Tom. V. Sc. nat.). Petropoli: Typis Academiae Imperialis Scientiarum. 189 pp. BHL Reference page.  7,5(1-2):75.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Stipa arabica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Stipa arabica. Published online. Accessed: January 28 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stipa arabica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 28. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• العربية: عذم عربي
• 中文: 图尔盖针茅

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