The paper presents lectotypification of Stipa czerepanovii Kotuch. described from the Zaisan basin (eastern Kazakstan). The material designated as the type of Stipa czerepanovii is deposited in the herbarium of the Komarov Institute of Botany, Russian Academy of Sciences (St.-Petersburg) and composed of three sheets. However, specimens on one of the sheets, represent other species of Stipa, and according the Viena code the lectotype should be designated.
