Resurrection and emendation of Macrochloa (Gramineae: Stipeae)

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00256.x

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Volume 144 Issue 4, Pages 483 - 495

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Resurrection and emendation of Macrochloa (Gramineae: Stipeae)

FRANCISCO M. VÁZQUEZ ¹* and MARY. E. BARKWORTH ²

¹ Forest Production Department, Investigation and Development Technology Service, Avd. of Portugal s/n 06800 Mérida, Badajoz, Spain
² Intermountain Herbarium, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322–5305, USA

Correspondence to *E-mail: frvazquez50@hotmail.com

KEYWORDS

Iberian Peninsula • Celtica gen. nov. • morphology • Poaceae • taxonomy

ABSTRACT

Morphological and anatomical arguments are presented for recognizing one new genus, Celtica, and one previously described genus, Macrochloa, in the Stipeae. The species of both genera, each of which is now monotypic, were included by Kunth in his circumscription of Macrochloa. They are currently placed either in Stipa or Achnatherum, but are clearly distinct from both these genera, from each other and from all other genera of the tribe. The characteristics of both genera are reviewed and compared with other stipoid genera, particularly Stipa s.s. and Achnatherum. This is followed by a key to the stipoid genera of the western Mediterranean and formal presentation of the generic name Celtica plus combinations for its subspecies, including one newly described subspecies, C. gigantea ssp. sterilis F. Vázquez & Barkworth. © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 144, 483–495.