Festuca brachyphylla

Festuca brachyphylla

Festuca brachyphylla

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca brachyphylla

Name

Festuca brachyphylla Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 3 (Schultes & Schultes f.) 646 (1827)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Festuca brachyphylla var. brachyphylla, autonym
  • Festuca brachyphylla subsp. brachyphylla, autonym
  • Festuca ovina var. borealis Lange in Consp. Fl. Groenland. 3: 179 (1880)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. brachyphylla (Schult.) Piper in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 27 (1906)
  • Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla (Schult.) Piper
• Heterotypic
  • Festuca brevifolia R.Br. in J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot.: cclxxxix (1824), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca brevifolia var. arctica St.-Yves in Candollea 2: 253 (1925)
  • Festuca brachyphylla var. arctica (St.-Yves) Litard. in Candollea 10: 108 (1945)
  • Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis Fred. in Nordic J. Bot. 2: 530 (1983)
  • Festuca brachyphylla var. breviculmis (Fred.) Tiehm in J. Bot. Res. Ist. Texas 17: 26 (2023)
  • Festuca brachyphylla subsp. coloradensis Fred. in Nordic J. Bot. 2: 529 (1983)
  • Festuca brachyphylla var. coloradensis (Fred.) Dorn
  • Festuca brachyphylla f. flavida Polunin in Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 92: 90 (1940)
  • Festuca brachyphylla var. groenlandica Schol. in Skr. Svalbard Nordishavet 62: 72 (1934)
  • Festuca groenlandica (Schol.) Fred. in Nordic J. Bot. 2: 533 (1983)
  • Festuca jensenii Gjaerev. & Ryvarden in Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Trondheim) 1977(4): 18 (1978)
  • Festuca jouldosensis D.M.Chang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(2): 98 (1978)
  • Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S.Watson in Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 389 (1871)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. brevifolia (S.Watson) Hack. in Bot. Centralbl. 8: 406 (1881)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. purpusiana St.-Yves in Candollea 2: 277 (1925)
  • Festuca ovina f. subspicata Lange in Meddel. Grønland 3: 302 (1887)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː Subarctic to & Central U.S.A. Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Arizona, British Columbia, California, China North-Central, Chita, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Qinghai, Québec, Saskatchewan, Svalbard, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. 1827. Mantissa in volumen tertium systematis vegetabilium Caroli a Linné ex editione Joan. Jac. Roemer M. D. etc. et Jos. Aug. Schultes M. D. etc. 717 pp., err. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page.  646

Links

• Poaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago [1]
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Festuca brachyphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Festuca brachyphylla. Published online. Accessed: 27. Aug. 2024. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: alpine fescue, rock fescue

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