Festuca altaica

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 altaica

Festuca altaica Trin. ex Ledeb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 1: 109 (1829)

Heterotypic
- Festuca altaica f. pallida Jordal in Rhodora 54: 36 (1952)
- Festuca altaica var. scabrella (Torr. ex Hook.) Breitung in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 58: 12 (1957)
- Festuca altaica subsp. scabrella (Torr. ex Hook.) Hultén in Fl. Alaska Yukon: 241 (1942)
- Festuca altaica f. vivipara Jordal in Rhodora 54: 36 (1952)
- Festuca duthiei Hack. ex Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 352 (1896), pro syn.
- Festuca scabrella Torr. ex Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 2: 252 (1840)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regionalː Northwestern USA
  - Alaska
- Regionalː Northern USA
  - Michigan
- Regionalː Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regionalː Central Asia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tuva, Xinjiang
- Regionalː Russia Far East
  - Amur, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Magadan
- Regionalː Siberia
  - Krasnoyarsk, Yakutiya

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