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 16:24, 11 May 2021 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.
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