Festuca sect. Texanae

E.B. Alexeev
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 399.

Plants loosely cespitose, without rhizomes. Innovations extravaginal, without basal cataphylls. Blades lax, flat or convolute; ribs shallow, indistinct; sclerenchyma girders present at the major veins. Calluses wider than long, scabrous at the margins; lemmas chartaceous, unawned; ovary apices densely pubescent.

Discussion

Three species have been placed in this section; one occurs in the Flora region, and the other two are Central American.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

"wider than long" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number."longest" is not a number.

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pilose +, pubescent +, puberulent +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
membranous +  and scarious +
puberulent +  and hirsute +
hispidulous +
mucronate +, awned +, bidentate +, acute +  and attenuate +
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
E.B. Alexeev +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
keeled +  and rounded +
swelling +
not deciduous +  and deciduous +
not evident +
convolute +  and flat +
spreading;widely spreading +
spikelike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
not woody +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, B.C. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Ala. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, D.C +, Del. +, Ga. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Iowa +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Vt. +, Alaska +, Mass. +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, Kans. +, Tex. +, La. +, Miss. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Va. +, Ark. +, Okla. +, Alta. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ohio +  and Mo. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
2 +  and 10 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
ovate +  and lanceolate acute +
unequal +  and subequal +
persisting +
uncinate +
puberulent +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
1-7(9)-veined +
lanceolate +  and attenuate +
coriaceous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
with hispidulous apices +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and scabrous +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Festuca sect. Texanae +
Festuca subg. Montanae +
section +
membranous +
parallel +  and converging +
obscure +  and prominent +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +