Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
FESTUCA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 73. 1753.
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TYPE: Festuca ovina Linnaeus 1753. Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 269. 1913.
This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festuca bromoides | BROME FESCUE | Not Native UPL (NWPL) | ||
| Festuca myuros | RATTAIL FESCUE | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Festuca octoflora | SIXWEEKS FESCUE | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Festuca sciurea | SQUIRRELTAIL FESCUE | Native | ||
| Festuca subverticillata | NODDING FESCUE | Native FACU (NWPL) |
Identification Key
1. Perennial; spikelets 4-5(7) mm long, with 2-4 florets; anthers 3
1. Annual (perennial); spikelets 3.5-12 mmm long, with 3-11(17) florets; anthers 1(3)
2
2. Lower glume 0.5-2 mm long, <1/2 the length of the upper glume
2. Lower glume 1.5-5 mm long, >1/2 the length of the upper glume
3
3. Lemmas 2.5-5 mm long, the apices more pubescent than the bases; caryopses 1.5-2.5 mm long
3. Lemmas 2.7-9.5 mm long, if pubescent, the apices no more so than the bases but occasionally ciliate; caryopses 1.7-6.5 mm long
4
4. Inflorescence nodes with 1 branch; spikelets with (1)4-8 florets, the internodes 0.6-1.1 mm long; caryopses 3.5-5 mm long
4. Inflorescence nodes with 1-2 branches; spikelets with (4)5-11(17) florets, the internodes 0.5-0.7 mm long; caryopses 1.7-3.7 mm long
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amphigenes | Amphigenes Janka, Linnaea 30: 619. 1860. | TYPE: Festuca nutans Host 1809. | |
| Anatherum | Anatherum Nábelek, Spisy Prir. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 111: 10. 1929, non Palisot de Beauvois 1812. | TYPE: Anatherum tauricola Nábelek 1929. = Nabelekia Roshevitz 1937. | |
| Argillochloa | Argillochloa W. A. Weber, Phytologia 55: 1. 1984. | TYPE: Argillochloa dasyclada (Hackel ex Beal) W. A. Weber 1984. (Festuca dasyclada Hackel ex Beal 1875.) | |
| Asprella | Asprella Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 17. 1809, non Schreber 1789. | TYPE: Asprella nardiformmis Host 1809, nom. illegit. (Nardus aristata Linnaeus 1767, nom. illegit.; Nardus incurva Gouan 1762.) | |
| Chloammia | Chloammia Rafinesque, Neogenyton 4. 1825. | TYPE: Festuca tenella Willdenow 1797. Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-23) 772: 30. 1920. | |
| Ctenopsis | Ctenopsis De Notaris, Index Sem. (Genoa) 26. 1847. | TYPE: Ctenopsis pectinella (Delile) De Notaris 1847. (Festuca pectinella Delile 1836.) | |
| Dasiola | Dasiola Rafinesque, Neogenyton 4. 1825. | TYPE: Dasiola elliotea Rafinesque 1825. | |
| Dielsiochloa | Dielsiochloa Pilger, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 73: 99. 1943. | TYEP: Dielsiochloa floribunda (Pilger) Pilger 1943. (Trisetum floribundum Pilger 1906.) | |
| Distomomischus | Distomomischus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 91. 1867. | TYPE: = Vulpia C. Gmelin 1805. | |
| Drymochloa | Drymochloa Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 19: 96. 1984. | TYPE: Drymochloa drymeja (Mertens & W. D. J. Koch) Holub 1984. (Festuca drymeja Mertens & W. D. J. Koch 1823.) | |
| Festucaria | Festucaria Heister ex Fabricius, Enum. Pl. 207. 1759. | TYPE: = Festuca Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Festucaria | Festucaria Link, Linnaea 17: 398. 1844, non Heister ex Fabricius 1759. | TYPE: Festucaria psilantha (Link) Link 1844. (Brachypodium psilanthum Link 1833.) Lectotypified by Stace, Nord. J. Bot. 1: 20. 1981. | |
| Gnomonia | Gnomonia Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 224. 1915, non Cesati & De Notaris 1863. | TYPE: = Festuca Linnaeus1753 | |
| Gramen | Gramen E. H. L. Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 12(2): 331. 1914, non Séguier 1754. | TYPE: Gramen rubrum (Linnaeus) E. H. L. Krause 1914. (Festuca rubra Linnaeus 1753.) | |
| Helerochloa | Hellerochloa Rauschert, Taxon 31: 561. 1982. | TYPE: Hellerochloa livida (Kunth) Rauschert 1982. (Bromus lividus Kunth 1816.) Substitute name for Helleria E. Fournier 1886, non Nees von Esenbeck & Martius 1824. | |
| Helleria | Helleria E. Fournier, Mexic. Pl. 2: 128. 1886, non Nees von Esenbeck & Martius 1824. | TYPE: Helleria livida (Kunth) E. Fournier 1886. (Bromus lividus Kunth 1816.) = Hellerochloa Rauschert 1982. | |
| Hesperochloa | Hesperochloa (Piper) Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 106. Mar 1912. | BASIONYM: Festuca Linnaeus, subg. Hesperochloa Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 10. 1906. | TYPE: Festuca confinis Vasey 1884. |
| Leiopoa | Leiopoa Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 66. 1932. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Leucopoa | Leucopoa Grisebach, in Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 383. 1852. | TYPE: Leucopoa sibirica Grisebach 1852, nom. illegit. (Poa albida Turczaninow ex Trinius 1830; Leucopoa albida (Turczaninow ex Trinius) V. I. Kreczetowicz & Bobrov 1934. | |
| Loliolum | Loliolum V. I. Kreczetowicz & Bobrov, in Komarov, Fl. URSS 2: 765. 1934. | TYPE: Loliolum orientale (Boissier) V. I. Kreczetowicz & Bobrov 1934. (Nardurus orientalis Boissier 1846.) | |
| Loretia | Loretia Duval-Jouve, Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier), ser. 2. 2: 38. 1880. | TYPE: Loretia geniculata (Linnaeus) Duval-Jouve 1880. (Bromus geniculatus Linnaeus 1767.) Lectotypified by Cotton & Stace, Bot. Not. 130: 187. 1977. | |
| Micropyrum | Micropyrum (Gaudin) Link, Linnaea 17: 397. 1844. | BASIONYM: Triticum Linnaeus, sect. Micropyrum Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 1: 366. 1828. | TYPE: Micropyrum tenellum (Linnaeus) Link 1844. (Triticum tenellum Linnaeus 1759.) |
| Mygalurus | Mygalurus Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 92. 1821. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Nabelekia | Nabelekia Roshevitz, Zlaki Vved. Izutch. Korm. Khlebn. Zlakov 254. 1937. | TYPE: Nabelekia tauricola (Nábelek) Roshevitz 1937. (Anatherum tauricola Nábelek 1929.) Replacement name for Anatherum Nábelek 1929, non Palisot de Beauvois 1812. | |
| Narduretia | Narduretia Villar, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 16: 100. 1925. | TYPE: Narduretia delicatula (Lagasca y Segura) Villar 1925. (Festuca delicatula Lagasca y Segura 1805.) | |
| Narduroides | Narduroides Rouy, in Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 301. 1913. | TYPE: Narduroides salzmannii (Boissier) Rouy 1913. (Nardurus salzmannii Boissier 1844.) | |
| Nardurus | Nardurus (Bluff et al.) Reichenbach, Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 39. 1841, nom. nud. | BASIONYM: Brachypodium Palisot de Beauvois, sect. Nardurus Bluff et al., in Bluff & Fingerhuth, Comp. Fl. German., ed. 2. 1: 193. 1836. | TYPE: Nardurus tenellus Reichenbach ex Godron 1844, by implication. See Index Nom. Gen. 3: 1415 1979, sub Prosphysis Dulac. |
| Podophorus | Podophorus Philippi, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 648. 1856. | TYPE: Podophorus bromoides Philippi 1856. | |
| Prosphysis | Prosphysis Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 67. 1867. | TYPE: Prosphysis tenella (Reichenbach ex Godron) Dulac 1867. (Nardurus tenellus Reichenbach ex Godron 1844.) = Nardurus (Bluff et al.) Reichenbach 1841. | |
| Psilurus | Psilurus Trinius, Fund. Agrost. 93. 1820. | TYPE: Psilurus nardoides Trinius 1820, nom. illegit. (Nardus aristata Linnaeus 1767, nom. illegit.; Nardus incurva Gouan 1762.) Replacement name for Asprella Host 1809, non Schreber 1789. | |
| Vulpia | Vulpia C. C. Gmelin, Fl. Bad. 1: 8. 1805. | TYPE: Vulpia myuros (Linnaeus) C. C. Gmelin 1805. (Festuca myuros Linnaeus 1753.) | |
| Wasatchia | Wasatchia M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 14: 16. Jun 1912. | TYPE: = Hesperochloa (Piper) Rydberg Mar 1912. | |
| Zerna | Zerna Panzer, Ideen Rev. Gräs. 46, 59. 1813; Denkschr. Koenigl. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen 4(3): 296, 309. 1814. | TYPE: = Vulpia C. C. Gmelin 1805. |