Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, A, 19

Authors:

Vasey, George

Published In: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Botany. Bulletin 13(2): pl. 93. 1893. (U.S.D.A. Div. Bot. Bull.)
Annotation: again in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 279. 1893

Type-Protologue

Locality: USA

Distribution: USA (California, Washington)

Note: Originally, only specimen cited was Bolander's California spec. [equals ~F. gracilima~], but also illustrated a second collection. Vasey published the name again in Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb 1: 279. later in 1893, where he cited the second specimen (Suksdorf's collection from Mt. Adams, Washington) as the type.

Type Specimens

• LT: W.N. Suksdorf s.n. ["#14" on US-1005539]; 6 Jul 1882; USA: Mt. Paddo (Adams), 3000-6000 ft LT designated by Vasey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 279 (1893)
• ST: Bolander; July; USA: California: Summit, 7000 ft [prob. Summit Station]

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
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• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Poales Small
• family:  !!Poaceae Barnhart
• genus:  Festuca L.

Other names for this basionym:

Gnomonia viridula (Vasey) Lunell

Projects: New World Grasses , PAPGI , VPA

Common Names:

• green fescue (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Greenleaf fescue (English, United States)
  • Hitchcock, A. S. 1951. Man. Grasses U.S. (ed. 2) 1–1051. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
• mountain bunch grass (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.

Keywords: AGF, IGS, FNA