Neotrinia kurramica (Poaceae, Stipeae), a new species from Parachinar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) Author Sultan, Amir 0000-0003-2116-9502 National Herbarium of Pakistan (Stewart Collection), National Agricultural Research Centre, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan Author Khan, Amjad 0000-0002-5337-7237 National Herbarium of Pakistan (Stewart Collection), National Agricultural Research Centre, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan Author Khan, Raees 0000-0003-1388-7141 National Herbarium of Pakistan (Stewart Collection), National Agricultural Research Centre, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan & Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China Author Mehmood, Asif https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3227-2522 Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan Author Hussain, Murtaza https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7339-7832 Department of Botany, Government Postgraduate College, Parachinar, Pakistan Author Nobis, Marcin 0000-0002-1594-2418 Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland text PhytoKeys 2025 2025-03-14 253 287 294 journal article 308640 10.3897/phytokeys.253.145562 97d3c2c6-fbce-4ec8-a05b-dc52c48414f9

Table 1. A comparison of the main characters distinguishing Neotrinia kurramica from other members representing the genus occurring in Pakistan.

Character	N. kurramica	N. chitralensis	N. splendens
Floret (anthecium)	9–10.5 mm	9–11 mm	4.0–7.2 mm
Apical lemma teeth	0.6–1.0 mm, pilose	2–2.5 mm, glabrous	0.5–1.2 mm, pilose
Callus	0.9–1.2 mm	0.5–0.6 mm	0.3–0.5 mm
Awn	50–70 mm	16–21 mm	5–12 mm
Glumes	14–16 mm long, subequal, the lower slightly shorter than the upper, at the top tapering into long hyaline tips	9.5–12 mm long, subequal, the lower slightly shorter than the upper, at the top without long hyaline tips	5–8.5 mm long, lanceolate, distinctly unequal, the lower 1–1.7 mm shorter than the upper, at the top without long hyaline tips