familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Subulatae
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Festuca subg. Subulatae
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 402.
Plants loosely cespitose, without rhizomes. Innovations extravaginal. Blades lax, flat or convolute; ribs shallow and indistinct; sclerenchyma forming pillars or girders at the major veins. Calluses sometimes wider than long, sometimes narrower, scabrous at the margins; lemmas chartaceous, sometimes minutely bidentate, usually awned, sometimes unawned; ovary apices densely pubescent.
Discussion
Festuca subg. Subulatae contains about 30-35 species. It is known from eastern Asia and western North America, as well as Central and South America. Three of the five sections that have been described occur in North America.
Selected References
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"narrower" is not a number. "sometimes wider than long" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number."longest" is not a number.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
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hispidulous +
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absent +
straight +
arising +
single +
close +
free +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
conduplicate +
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spreading;widely spreading +
1;2 +
spikelike +
developed +
glabrous +
not branching +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
not woody +
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sometimes longer +
distal +
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coriaceous +
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Festuca subg. Subulatae +
Festuca +
subgenus +
hyaline +
membranous +
3(5)-veined +
scabrous-ciliate +
absent +
perennial +
bisexual +