Festuca vivipara

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 vivipara

Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm., Comp. Fl. Brit. 1: 114 (1800)

Homotypic
- Festuca ovina f. vivipara (L.) Rosenv. in Meddel. Grønland 3: 302 (1887)
- Festuca ovina subvar. vivipara (L.) Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 89 (1882)
- Festuca ovina var. vivipara L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 108 (1762)
- Festuca supina subsp. vivipara (L.) K.Richt. in Pl. Eur. 1: 93 (1890)
- Festuca tenuifolia var. vivipara (L.) Ducommun in Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot.: 880 (1869)
Heterotypic
- Festuca brachyphylla f. vivipara Skvortsov in Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 2: 222 (1964), nom. nud.
- Festuca ovina f. villosa-vivipara Rosenv. in Meddel. Grønland 3: 282 (1881)
- Festuca villosa-vivipara (Rosenv.) E.B.Alexeev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 22: 23 (1985)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Central Europe
  - Austria
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - East European Russia
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Føroyar, North European Russia, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden
- Regional: Western Europe
  - Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Rusia Far East
  - Kamchatka, Magadan'
- Regional: Siberia
  - West Siberia

Smith, J.E. 1800. Compendium Florae Britannicae. London. online (Google books) Reference page. ː 1 114

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 vivipara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca vivipara. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 December 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Festuca vivipara. Published online. Accessed: December 13 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Festuca vivipara in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page.
Flora Europaea [1]