Festuca amethystina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Festuca amethystina L., Sp. Pl.: 74 (1753)

Homotypic
- Festuca capillata Lam. in Fl. Franç. 3: 597 (1779), nom. superfl.
- Festuca ovina var. amethystina (L.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 488 (1900), nom. illeg.
- Festuca ovina subsp. capillata (Heynh.) Arcang. in Comp. Fl. Ital. (1882)
- Festuca ovina var. capillata Heynh. in Nom. Bot. Hort.: 331 (1840)
- Poa capillata Mérat in Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 27 (1821), nom. superfl.

Festuca amethystina Host in Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 2: 63 (1802), nom. illeg. vide Festuca vaginata Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 116 (1809)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regionalː Central Europe
  - Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland
- Regionalː Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Ukraine
- Regionalː Southwestern Europe
  - France
Continental: Asia temperate
- Regionalː Southwestern Asia
  - Türkiye

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