Poaceae
Festuca
Festuca microstachys

Festuca microstachys var. pauciflora Scribn. ex Beal

First published in Grass. N. Amer. 2: 586 (1896)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is W. Canada to Mexico (Baja California), Guadalupe. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington

Introduced into:

Madeira, New York

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Moran, R. (1996). The flora of Guadalupe island, Mexico. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 19: 1-190.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1973 Lyall [S.no] United States Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora K002810925 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Geyer, C.A. [3501] United States Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora K002810926 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Suksdorf, W., N. [6144] United States Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora K000789751 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Suksdorf, W., N. [6153] United States Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora K000789752 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0