Festuca purpurascens

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 purpurascens

Festuca purpurascens Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f., Fl. Antarct.: 383 (1847)

Homotypic
- Festuca purpurascens var. submutica É.Desv. in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 6: 429 (1854), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
- Festuca davilae Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 94: 176 (1896)
- Festuca dumetorum Phil. in Linnaea 33: 297 (1864), nom. illeg.
- Festuca glaucophylla Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 94: 178 (1896)
- Festuca insularis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 312 (1854)
- Festuca laxiflora Phil. in Linnaea 29: 98 (1857), nom. illeg.
- Festuca lechleriana Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 428 (1854)
- Festuca philippii Bech. in Candollea 7: 520 (1938), nom. superfl.
- Festuca platyphylla Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 428 (1854)
- Festuca purpurascens f. aristata St.-Yves in Candollea 3: 268 (1927)
- Festuca purpurascens var. aristata É.Desv. in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 6: 429 (1854)
- Festuca purpurascens var. platyphylla (Steud.) St.-Yves in Candollea 3: 271 (1927)
- Festuca purpurascens f. scabriuscula St.-Yves in Candollea 3: 269 (1927)
- Festuca serranoi Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 94: 179 (1896)
- Festuca trachylepis Hack. ex Druce in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 30 (1914 publ. 1915)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina South Regionalː Western South America Chile Central, Chile South References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Festuca purpurascens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Festuca purpurascens. Published online. Accessed: December 11 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 December 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Festuca purpurascens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: December 11. Reference page.