Stipa pulcherrima subsp. epilosa
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
Mathraki
Paxos
Antipaxos
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherLefkada (Hofmann 1968 as S. pennata subsp. mediterranea)
Meganisi
Kalamos
Kastos
Atokos
Ithaka
Echinades
Cephalonia (Heldreich 1882 as S. pennata)
Zakynthos
Strofades
Annotation: The first record of a perennial Stipa species for the Ionian Islands was from Cephalonia and dates back to Heldreich (Heldreich 1882: 74, referred to as S. pennata). Hayek (Hayek 1932: 349) obviously had some doubts on its identity, as he had mentioned S. pennata »subsp. eu-pennata« for the Ionian Islands with a question mark; Phitos & Damboldt 1985: 172 mentioned S. pennata only as doubtful species. Reports for Cephalonia and Lefkada were more recently identified as S. pulcherrima (Strid in Strid & Tan 1991: 829, referred to as S. pennata subsp. pulcherrima), however now specified as S. pulcherrima subsp. epilosa in »Vascular Plants of Greece« (Dimopoulos & al. 2013). The occurrence on Cephalonia still needs confirmation. [2016-02-22]
Taxonomic references ("taxonyms")
linked to standard floras (PFB, FE, FE2, FH) and annotated checklists (AFE, VPG) giving direct reference to occurrences of plant taxa on the Ionian Islands:
PFB: | Stipa pennata subsp. eu-pennata, Stipa pennata subsp. mediterranea |
FE: | Stipa pulcherrima |
FE2: | volume not published |
AFE: | volume not published |
FH: | volume not published |
VPG: | Stipa pulcherrima subsp. epilosa |