New Poaceae species discovered on Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

XINING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of Poaceae in northwest China's Qinghai Province on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and named it Elymus multiramosus.

The findings have been published in a recent edition of the international scientific journal PhytoKeys.

The plant, Elymus multiramosus, has been found in the arid rocky mountainous areas at an altitude of 3,722 meters