Willdenowia – Annals of the Botanic Garden and
Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
ISSN 0511-9618
© 2006 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem.
Scholz, H. & Raus, Th.: Contribution to the flora of Greece: a new species of
Achnatherum (Poaceae).
Willdenowia 36 (Special Issue): 373-378.
doi:10.3372/wi.36.36133
Abstract
Achnatherum fallacinum is described as a new species from
Greece related to A. bromoides, from which it differs in
shorter glumes, lemmas and awns, in the indumentum of the lemma and,
most importantly, in the presence of intravaginal innovations,
lacking extravaginal branching. The new species, centred in the
Aegean region, settles in more open habitats with bare soil and is
only occasionally sympatric with its relative.
Key words:
grasses, taxomomy, Achnatherum fallacinum, Stipa, Aegean region.