Poaceae
Festuca

Festuca alpina Suter

First published in Helvet. Fl. 1: 55 (1802)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Pyrenees, Alps to Tatra Mountains. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Spain, Switzerland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fogi, B. (2012). Revision of the Festuca alpina group (Festuca section Festuca, Poaceae) in Europe. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 618-639.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fogi, B. (2012). Revision of the Festuca alpina group (Festuca section Festuca, Poaceae) in Europe. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 618-639.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Huter [s.n.] Austria K002912343 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002912353 No
Thomas [s.n.] Switzerland K002912356 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002912344 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002912352 No
Em. Thomas [s.n.] Switzerland K002912355 No
Blanchet [s.n.] K002912357 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Morocco K003060624 No
Huter [s.n.] Austria K002912365 No
Rigo [s.n.] Italy K002912364 No
Hoppe [s.n.] France K002912361 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [4049] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002912367 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002912368 No
Em. Thomas [s.n.] Switzerland K001739964 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002912359 No
[Elymann] [s.n.] Austria K002912351 No
Rigo, G. [s.n.] Italy K002912363 No
Schleicher [7] Switzerland K002912360 No
Duffl [s.n.] K002912358 No
Strobl [s.n.] K002912346 No
Churchill, G.C. [1] Austria K002912362 No
Huter [s.n.] Austria K002912345 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002912349 No
Huter [s.n.] Austria K002912366 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002912348 No
Favrat [s.n.] Switzerland K002912354 No
Kerner, A. [s.n.] Austria K002912347 No
[Che. Martins] [s.n.] K002912350 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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.

  • 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