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.
Revision as of 02:08, 30 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
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
None.
"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 +
absent +
hispidulous +
absent +
absent +
straight +
arising +
single +
close +
free +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
conduplicate +
pruinose +
not evident +
glaucous +
spreading;widely spreading +
1;2 +
spikelike +
developed +
glabrous +
not branching +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
not woody +
reduced +
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capillary +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
distal +
bisexual +
compressed +
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shorter +
shorter or longer +
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punctate +
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distichous +
1-7(9)-veined +
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longer +
chartaceous +
bidentate +
coriaceous +
equal +
truncate +
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acute +
membranous +
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inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
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reflexed +
1(3)-veined +
simple +
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well-developed +
absent +
2-keeled +
minute +
contracted +
spikelike +
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separating +
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evident +
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senescent +
ebracteate +
mixed +
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viviparous +
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Festuca subg. Subulatae +
Festuca +
subgenus +
hyaline +
membranous +
3(5)-veined +
scabrous-ciliate +
absent +
perennial +
bisexual +