familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Festuca
sectionFestuca sect. Festuca
speciesFestuca viviparoidea
subspeciesFestuca viviparoidea subsp. viviparoidea
Festuca viviparoidea subsp. viviparoidea
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 437.
Revision as of 21:49, 27 May 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Plants densely cespitose. Culms densely to sparsely puberulent below the inflorescence. Sheaths stramineous, persistent; abaxial sclerenchyma strands about twice as wide as the adjacent veins, 2-3 times as wide as high. Glumes and lemmas smooth or scabrous near the apices. 2n = 49, 56.
Discussion
Festuca viviparoidea subsp. viviparoidea is circumpolar and found in the high arctic, including Alaska, Yukon Territory, Nunavut, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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