New species of Cleistogenes Keng (Poaceae) from East Siberia and the Russian Far East

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Cleistogenes Keng are described from the East Siberia and the Russian Far East: C. kazanovskyi Tzvelev et Prob. (Zabaykalsky Krai), C. krjukovae Tzvelev et Prob. (Khabarovsk Krai) and C. calcarea Tzvelev et Prob. (Primorsky Krai). Chromosome numbers (2n = 40) were determined in C. kazanovskyi and C. krjukovae.