Festuca paradoxa

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 paradoxa

Festuca paradoxa Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 209 (1831)

Heterotypic
- Festuca nutans Biehler in Pl. Nov. Herb. Spreng.: 10 (1807), nom. illeg.
- Festuca nutans var. major Vasey in Spec. Rep. Dept. Agric. (Washington DC) 63: 43 (1883)
- Festuca nutans var. palustris Alph.Wood in Amer. Bot. Fl., ed. 2.: 399 (1871)
- Festuca nutans var. shortii (Alph.Wood) Beal in Grass. N. Amer. 2: 589 (1896)
- Festuca shortii Alph.Wood in Class-book Bot.: 794 (1861)
- Gnomonia nutans Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 224 (1915)
- Poa nutans Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 86 (1821), nom. illeg.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regionalː Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
- Regionalː Central USA
  - Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas
- Regionalː Canada
  - Ontario, Québec
- Extinct in:
  - Wisconsin

Desvaux, N.A. 1831. Observations sur les Graminées, et description des genres et espèces nouvelles de cette famille. Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts d'Angers 1: 157–212. BHL Reference page. : 209.

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Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca paradoxa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 December 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Festuca paradoxa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: December 10. Reference page.