Stipa drobovii

Taxonavigation

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

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

Stipa drobovii (Tzvelev) Czerep., Sosud. Rast. SSSR: 387 (1981)

Homotypic
- Stipa bella Drobow in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 37 (1925), nom. illeg.
- Stipa caucasica subsp. drobovii Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 20 (1974)
Heterotypic
- Stipa bella var. incana Korol. in Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 1: 421 (1957), without a Latin descr.
- Stipa caucasica subsp. iskanderkulica Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 20 (1974)
- Stipa drobovii var. iskanderkulica (Tzvelev) M.Nobis & A.Nowak in Phytotaxa 303(2): 151 (2017)
- Stipa drobovii var. jarmica M.Nobis in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 25 (2020)
- Stipa drobovii var. persicorum M.Nobis in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 26 (2020)
- Stipa iskanderkulica (Tzvelev) Czerep. in Sosud. Rast. SSSR: 387 (1981)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia--temperate Regionalː Central Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Czerepanov, S.K. (Черепанов, С.К.) 1981. Сосудистые растения СССР [Plantae Vasculares URSS]. Leningrad: "Nauka", Leningradskoe otdelenie. 510 pp. Google Books Reference page. , 387

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. [Cited as Stipa caucasica.]
Nobis, M. & al. (2020). A synopsis of the genus Stipa (Poaceae) in Middle Asia, including a key to species identification, an annotated checklist, and phytogeographic analysis. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 105: 1-63.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Stipa drobovii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Stipa drobovii. Published online. Accessed: January 31 2026. Reference page.