Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum

Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum

Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum

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: Lolium
Species: Lolium arundinaceum
Subspecies: L. a. subsp. arundinaceum –

Name

Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh. subsp. arundinaceum autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Aira oryzetorum Spreng. in Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 18 (1815)
  • Avena secunda Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 22 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Bromus decolarans Rchb. in Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 44 (1830)
  • Bromus elatior (L.) Koeler in Descr. Gramin.: 214 (1802)
  • Bromus elatus Gueldenst. ex Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 353 (1852), not validly publ.
  • Bromus littoreus Retz. in Fl. Scand. Prodr.: 19 (1779)
  • Bucetum elatius (L.) Parn. in Grass. Scotland: 107 (1842)
  • Bucetum elatius var. variegatum Parn. in Grass. Scotland: 108 (1842)
  • Festuca archeri E.B.Alexeev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 34: 8 (1987)
  • Festuca articulata De Not. ex Parl. in Fl. Ital. 1: 455 (1850), not validly publ.
  • Festuca articulata De Not. ex Parl. in Fl. Ital. 1: 455 (1850), pro syn.
  • Festuca arundinacea var. aristata Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 798 (1866)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. aspera (Mutel) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 509 (1900)
  • Festuca arundinacea f. baltica (Asch. & Graebn.) Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 502 (1972)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. baltica Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 507 (1900)
  • Festuca arundinacea subsp. conferta (Hack.) Soják in Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 151: 14 (1982)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. decolorans (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Lamotte in Cat. Pl. Plateau Central: 99 (1847)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. fasciculata Sond. in Fl. Hamburg.: 64 (1851)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. glaucescens Peterm. in Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 559 (1846)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. incrustata Rchb. in Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv.: f. 319 (1850)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. littoralis Masclef in Cat. Rais. Pl. Pas-de-Calais: 190 (1886)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. multiflora Sond. in Fl. Hamburg.: 64 (1851)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. obtusiflora Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 798 (1866)
  • Festuca arundinacea f. obtusiflora (Schur) Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 505 (1972)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. pauciflora Hartm. in Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 31 (1832)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. pauciflora Hartm. in Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 4: 38 (1843)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. podperae Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 117 (1971 publ. 1972)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. pseudoelatior Thiélens in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 12: 212 (1873)
  • Festuca arundinacea f. pseudomairei (Litard. & Maire) Auquier in Bull. Soc. Échange Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin Médit. 16: 142 (1976)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. rigida Bréb. in Fl. Normandie, éd. 4: 379 (1869)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. spuria (Hack.) Hayek in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 290 (1932)
  • Festuca arundinacea subsp. subalpina (Hack.) K.Richt. in Pl. Eur. 1: 102 (1890)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. subalpina (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 507 (1900)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. subaristata Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 798 (1866)
  • Festuca arundinacea var. uechtritziana (Wiesb.) Beck in Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 96 (1890)
  • Festuca arundinacea proles uechtritziana (Wiesb.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 227 (1913)
  • Festuca arundinacea subsp. uechtritziana (Wiesb.) Hegi in Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1: 345 (1908)
  • Festuca caerulescens Ten. in Fl. Napol. 3: 81 (1824), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca cretica Hack. ex Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 825 (1882), pro syn.
  • Festuca decolorans Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 663 (1823), nom. nud.
  • Festuca elatior L. in Sp. Pl.: 75 (1753), nom. utique rej.
  • Festuca elatior var. angustata Mutel in Fl. Franç. Herbor., Atl.: t. 88, f. 619 (1834)
  • Festuca elatior var. aspera Mutel in Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 110 (1837)
  • Festuca elatior subvar. conferta Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 157 (1882)
  • Festuca elatior subvar. duvalii Litard. in Candollea 10: 142 (1945)
  • Festuca elatior var. elbursiana J.Vetter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 165 (1940)
  • Festuca elatior var. insularis J.Vetter in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 54B(2): 685 (1936)
  • Festuca elatior var. littorea Mutel in Fl. Franç. Herbor., Atl.: t. 88, f. 621 (1834)
  • Festuca elatior var. mutica Chevall. in Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 167 (1827)
  • Festuca elatior subvar. pseudololiacea Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 151 (1882)
  • Festuca elatior f. pseudomairei Litard. & Maire in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 26: 43 (1930 publ. 1931)
  • Festuca elatior var. pubescens Mutel in Fl. Franç. Herbor., Atl.: t. 88, f. 618 (1834)
  • Festuca elatior subvar. spuria Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 157 (1882)
  • Festuca elatior subvar. subalpina Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 157 (1882)
  • Festuca elatior subvar. tunetana St.-Yves in Candollea 1: 32 (1922)
  • Festuca elatior var. uechtritziana Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 155 (1882)
  • Festuca elatior var. umbrosa Mutel in Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 110 (1837)
  • Festuca elatior subvar. vulgaris Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 153 (1882)
  • Festuca laxa Gaudin in Agrost. Helv. 1: 261 (1811), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca littoralis Rosén & Wahlenb. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 8: 233 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca littorea (Retz.) Lilj. in Utkast Sv. Fl., ed. 3: 699 (1816)
  • Festuca loliacea Lam. in Encycl. 2: 462 (1788), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca media Kit. in Linnaea 32: 314 (1864)
  • Festuca membranacea Kit. in Linnaea 32: 313 (1864), nom. nud.
  • Festuca membranacea var. albida Kit. in Linnaea 32: 313 (1864), not validly publ.
  • Festuca oryzetorum Pollini in Hort. Veron. Pl.: 3 (1816)
  • Festuca phoenix (Scop.) Vill. in Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 17 (1779)
  • Festuca pratensis var. curvata (Koeler) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 631 (1840)
  • Festuca pratensis var. elatior (L.) Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 293 (1828)
  • Festuca pratensis var. humilior Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 293 (1828)
  • Festuca pratensis var. pinnata Klett & Richt. in Fl. Leipzig: 101 (1830), nom. superfl.
  • Festuca pratensis var. simplex (Boiss. & Balansa) B.Fedtsch. in Izv. Imp. Bot. Sada Petra Velikago, Suppl. 2: 85 (1915)
  • Festuca pseudololiacea Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 151 (1882), pro syn.
  • Festuca regelii Pavlov in Sovetsk. Bot. 1934(1): 19 (1934), nom. nud.
  • Festuca simplex Boiss. & Balansa in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 138 (1859)
  • Festuca tenax Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 87 (1821), pro syn.
  • Festuca uechtritziana Wiesb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 218 (1878)
  • Festuca uechtritziana var. aristata Podp. in Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 12: 11 (1922)
  • Gnomonia elatior (L.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 224 (1915)
  • Lolium arundinaceum subsp. uechtritzianum (Wiesb.) M.Hassl. in M.Hassler & T.Muer, Fl. German. Farn- Blütenpfl. Deutschl.: 1675 (2022)
  • Lolium festuca Raspail in Ann. Sci. Observ. 2: 244 (1829), pro syn.
  • Poa curvata Koeler in Descr. Gramin.: 207 (1802)
  • Poa elatior (L.) Moench in Enum. Pl. Hass.: 37 (1777)
  • Poa elatior var. latifolia Desm. in Agrost. Départ. Nord Fr.: 77 (1812)
  • Poa kunthii Lindm. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 45 (1909)
  • Poa phoenix Scop. in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 74 (1771)
  • Poa remota Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 163 (1816), nom. illeg.
  • Poa tenax Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 87 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Poa uliginosa Willd. ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 342 (1824), pro syn.
  • Schedonorus arundinaceus var. asperus (Mutel) Verloove in Dumortiera 122: 175 (2023)
  • Schedonorus arundinaceus subsp. uechtritzianus (Wiesb.) H.Scholz & Valdés in Willdenowia 37: 442 (2007)
  • Schedonorus elatior (L.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 99 (1812)
  • Schedonorus littoreus (Retz.) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 31: 258 (1998)
  • Schedonorus phoenix (Scop.) Holub in Preslia 70: 113 (1998)
  • Schedonorus uechtritzianus (Wiesb.) Holub in Preslia 70: 113 (1998)
  • Tragus elatior (L.) Panz. in Ideen Rev. Gräser: 49 (1813)
  • Tragus loliaceus Panz. ex B.D.Jacks. in Index Kew. 2: 1099 (1895)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Eurasia Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang Continental: Africa Regional:Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional:Macaronesia Azores, Canary Is., Cape Verde Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russia, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Qinghai, Québec, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Darbyshire, S.J. 1991. Novon; a Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 3: 241.

Additional references

• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum. Published online. Accessed: December 15 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Rohr-Schwingel
• English: Tall fescue
• suomi: Ruokonata
• français: Fétuque faux roseau, Fétuque roseau, Fétuque élevée
• magyar: Nádképű csenkesz
• македонски: Барски виук
• Nederlands: Rietzwenkgras
• română: Păiuș înalt

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