Piptatherum laterale (Regel) Munro ex Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 217 (1937).

Nobis, Marcin, Gudkova, Polina D. & Pendry, Colin A., 2019, Synopsis of the tribe Stipeae (Poaceae) in Nepal, PhytoKeys 128, pp. 97-119 : 113

Piptatherum laterale (Regel) Munro ex Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 217 (1937).

Milium laterale Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 645 (1881) (Basionym).

≡ Oryzopsis lateralis (Regel) Stapf ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7(22): 234 (1896);

≡ Piptatherum laterale (Regel) Roshev., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazahsk. SSR 14: 117 (1951).

= Oryzopsis pubiflora Hack., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50(2): 8 (1885); ≡ Piptatherum pubiflorum (Hack.) Roshev., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 14: 111 (1951).

= Oryzopsis vavilovii Roshev., Trudy Prikl. Bot. Selekts. 19(1): 123 (1928); ≡ Piptatherum vavilovii (Roshev.) Roshev., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazahsk. SSR 14: 118 (1951).

Type.

Afghanistan, Kurram valley, Sikarm, common at 3650 m., dry localities, 1879, Aitchison (holotype LE!, isotype K).

General distribution.

widely distributed species, occurring from Turkey up to Bhutan and S China ( Freitag 1975, Tzvelev 1976).

Distribution in Nepal.

Although we did not find any specimens of Piptatherum laterale during this study, it is known from nearby regions of Bhutan, China, India ( Freitag 1975, Noltie 2000, Wu and Phillips 2006), so it is very likely also to be present in Nepal.