We present taxonomic notes on the Festuca caprina complex from southern Africa that includes description and illustration of the new species F. drakensbergensis from the Drakensberg Mountain Centre of Floristic Endemism of South Africa and Lesotho. Festuca drakensbergensis can be differentiated from F. caprina s.l. by forming lax short tufts with extravaginally-branching tillers and lateral-tending cataphyllous shoots or rhizomes present, basal foliage reaching < ½ the length of the culms, with generally shorter leaves and shorter anthers, 0.8−1.6(−1.8) mm long. The species also differs from the overlooked species F. exaristata – currently known from two collections from Lesotho − by its fibrous basal sheaths, usually sharp, keel-like leaf blade midrib, drooping panicle with lightly to densely scabrous pendent panicle branches, longer lemmas, 4.5−5.8 mm long, with awns usually present, 0.5–3 mm long, ovary apices sparsely to densely hairy and anthers 0.8−1.6(−1.8) mm long. Taxonomic notes on the different taxa of the F. caprina complex in southern Africa are also provided, including images, key, and lectotypification of F. caprina var. curvula. This research adds a further two endemic species (F. drakensbergensis and F. exaristata) and two endemic varieties (F. caprina var. irrasa and F. caprina var. macra) to the Drakensberg Mountain Centre of Floristic Endemism.

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Festuca drakensbergensis（禾本科）：来自南部非洲德拉肯斯堡山植物特有中心的 F. caprina 复合体中的一种常见新种，该复合体中的类群的注释和注释包括被忽视的 F. exaristata


我们提出了来自南非的羊茅复合体的分类学注释，其中包括来自南非和莱索托德拉肯斯堡山植物区系特有中心的新种 F.drakensbergensis 的描述和插图。 Festuca drakensbergensis 与 F. caprina sl 的区别在于形成松散的短簇，具有外分枝的分蘖和侧向的下生芽或根茎，基生叶达到 < 秆长度的 1/2，通常叶子较短，花药较短，0.8 −1.6(−1.8) 毫米长。该物种还与被忽视的物种 F. exaristata（目前从莱索托的两个收藏品中已知）不同，其纤维基鞘，通常是锋利的龙骨状叶片中脉，下垂的圆锥花序，具有轻微到密集的粗糙下垂圆锥花序分支，较长的外稃，长4.5～5.8毫米，通常有芒，长0.5～3毫米，子房顶端疏生至密毛，花药长0.8～1.6(−1.8)毫米。还提供了南部非洲 F. caprina 复合体不同类群的分类注释，包括 F. caprina var. 的图像、索引和选型。曲线。这项研究向德拉肯斯堡山植物特有中心添加了另外两个特有物种（F. drakensbergensis 和 F. exaristata）和两个特有品种（F. caprina var. irrasa 和 F. caprina var. macra）。