Poaceae
Festuca

Festuca gracillima Hook.f.

First published in Fl. Antarct.: 383 (1847)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Chile to S. Argentina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina South, Chile South

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Ospina, J.C., Aliscioni, S.S. & Denham, S.S. (2015). A revision of Festuca (Loliinae, Pooideae, Poaceae) in Chile. Phytotaxa 223(1): 1-66.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Moore, D.M.; Goodall, R.N. [125] Chile K003063884 No
Godley, E.J. [s.n.] Chile K003063885 No
Tweedie, R. [122] Argentina K003063868 No
Cunningham [s.n.] Chile K003063876 No
Moore, D.M.; Goodall, R.N. [300] Argentina K003063869 No
Moore, D.M. [1404] Argentina K003063873 No
Cunningham [s.n.] Chile K003063881 No
Koslowsky, J. [139] Argentina K003063863 No
Godley, E.J. [s.n.] Chile K003063883 No
King Chile K000433665 Type Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A.; Grondona, E. [24066] Argentina K003063865 No
Grondona, E. [4524] Argentina K003063866 No
Hall, G.M. [76b] Chile K003063882 No
Grondona, E. [7133] Argentina K003063862 No
Moore, D.M. [2378] Chile K003063886 No
Moore, D.M. [2582] Argentina K003063870 No
King (Capt.) [s.n.] Chile K003063878 No
Cunningham [s.n.] Chile K003063879 No
Blake, J.L. [2] Argentina K003063874 No
Moore, D.M. [1486] Argentina K003063871 No
Grondona, E. [7497] Argentina K003063867 No
Tweedie, R. [108] Argentina K003063861 No
Moore, D.M. [1505] Argentina K003063872 No
Gonzalez, S. [s.n.] Argentina K003063860 No
Cunningham [s.n.] Chile K003063880 No
Cunningham [s.n.] Chile K003063877 No
Story, R. [8146] Argentina K003063864 No
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A.; Grondona, E. [24164] Chile K003063875 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.
    • 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