TABLE 1. A in Stipa baxoiensis (Stipeae, Poaceae), a new species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

TABLE 1. A comparison of Stipa baxoiensis sp. nov. with the other members of the genus Stipa section Regelia in China.
CharactersS. baxoiensisS. subsessilifloraS. penicillata var. hirsutaS. penicillata var. penicillataS. basiplumosaS. regelianaS. aliena var. alienaS. aliena var. macrocarpaS. dickoreiLeaf sheathshirsutulousglabroushirsutescabrousglabrousglabrousglabrousglabrousglabrousLeaf bladeshirsutulousscabroushirsutescabrousscabrousscabrousglabrousglabrousglabrousPaniclescontractedcontractedlaxlaxcontractedcontractedlaxlaxcontractedBranches of the paniclesstraightstraightflexuousflexuousstraightstraightflexuousflexuousstraightLength of glumes (mm)7–96–8.58–118–119.5–13.511–1411–1314–2010–13Length of lower awn segment (mm)5–63–73–73–73–53–56.5–86.5–85–7Length of hairs on lower awn segment (mm)1.5–22–33–43–42–3ca. 11–21–20.5–1.3Length of middle awn segment (mm)3–43–74–54–53–57–104–55–83–5Length of hairs on middle awn segment (mm)scabrous1–1.53–43–41–1.50.7–1scabrousscabrousscabrousLength of bristle (mm)8–105–117–87–85–81010–1516–2211–15