familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Subulatae
sectionFestuca sect. Subulatae
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Festuca sect. Subulatae
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 402.
Plants loosely cespitose. 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 narrow, scabrous at the margins; lemmas chartaceous, entire, awned or unawned; ovary apices densely pubescent.
Discussion
Festuca sect. Subulatae is the largest section in this subgenus and contains about 20-25 species. Its range includes eastern Asia, western North America, and Central and South America.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"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 +
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. +
capillary +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
distal +
bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
absent +
equal +
persisting +
uncinate +
punctate +
1/2 +
compound +
reduced +
hollow +
absent +
absent +
distichous +
1-7(9)-veined +
adjacent +
shorter +
longer +
chartaceous +
bidentate +
coriaceous +
equal +
truncate +
absent +
acute +
membranous +
veined +
truncate +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
membranous +
reflexed +
1(3)-veined +
simple +
adjacent +
absent +
well-developed +
absent +
2-keeled +
minute +
contracted +
spikelike +
reduced +
absent +
separating +
thin +
not developed +
absent +
prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
open +
senescent +
ebracteate +
mixed +
attached +
viviparous +
compressed +
parallel-sided +
Festuca sect. Subulatae +
Festuca subg. Subulatae +
section +
hyaline +
membranous +
3(5)-veined +
scabrous-ciliate +
absent +
perennial +
bisexual +