familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Subulatae
sectionFestuca sect. Elmera

Festuca sect. Elmera

E.B. Alexeev
Stephen J. Darbyshire, Leon E. Pavlickf
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 404.
Revision as of 19:16, 24 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants loosely cespitose. Innovations extravaginal. Blades lax, flat or convolute; ribs shallow and indistinct; sclerenchyma girders present at the major veins. Calluses wider than long, scabrous at the margins; lemmas chartaceous, minutely bidentate, awned; ovary apices densely pubescent.

Discussion

One species has been placed in this section.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Author
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
Authority
E.B. Alexeev +
Distribution
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. +
Number of lower taxa
1 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V24/V24 566.xml +
Synonyms
Gramineae +
Taxon family
Poaceae +
Taxon name
Festuca sect. Elmera +
Taxon parent
Festuca subg. Subulatae +
Taxon rank
section +
Volume
Volume 24 +