Poaceae
Festuca

Festuca filiformis Pourr.

First published in Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3: 319 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Caucasus, NW. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alberta, Argentina South, British Columbia, Chile South, Connecticut, Costa Rica, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

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.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Haveman, R. (2015). Het Festuca-ovina complex in Nederland. 3. De smalbladige schapengrassen. Gorteria; Mededelingenblad ten Dienste van de Floristiek en het Vegetatie-Onderzoek van Nederland 37: 181-191.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • 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

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • 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?
Cope, T.A. [RBG 368] United Kingdom K000914501 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 486] United Kingdom K000914502 Yes
Kneucker, A. [515b] Festuca tenuifolia K002912712 No
Songeon, A. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912708 No
Vukotinovic [s.n.] Croatia Festuca tenuifolia K002912678 No
[Suissa] [s.n.] Switzerland Festuca tenuifolia K002912672 No
s.coll. [10342] Luxembourg Festuca tenuifolia K002912688 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ireland Festuca tenuifolia K002912673 No
Hérsbaud, F. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912707 No
Hylander, N. [s.n.] Sweden Festuca tenuifolia K002912687 No
Pichler [s.n.] Croatia Festuca tenuifolia K002912676 No
Soest van [s.n.] Netherlands Festuca tenuifolia K002912691 No
Pin, C. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912705 No
Webb, P.B. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912701 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Festuca tenuifolia K002912714 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912704 No
Bertram, P. [s.n.] Germany Festuca tenuifolia K002912679 No
Schleicher [s.n.] Switzerland Festuca tenuifolia K002912671 No
Kneucker, A. [515a] Festuca tenuifolia K002912682 No
Litvinov, D. [s.n.] Russia Festuca tenuifolia K002912685 No
Bakhuizen v. d. Brink Jr., R.C. [6455] Netherlands Festuca tenuifolia K002912689 No
Lüderwaldt, A. [515] Festuca tenuifolia K002912674 No
Müllner, M.F. [s.n.] Austria Festuca tenuifolia K002912683 No
[Rutinctieres] [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912700 No
Lejeune [s.n.] Festuca tenuifolia K002912677 No
Pin, C. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912699 No
{G. A. van Arkel} [s.n.] Netherlands Festuca tenuifolia K002912692 No
Groenhart, P. [s.n.] Netherlands Festuca tenuifolia K002912690 No
Fritze, H.; Hamburg [252] Germany Festuca tenuifolia K002912681 No
Notaris, D. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912706 No
Persoon [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K001651352 No
Bredemann, G.; Nieser, O. [6] Festuca tenuifolia K002912680 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Festuca tenuifolia K002912711 No
Blanchet [s.n.] Switzerland Festuca tenuifolia K002912669 No
[H. Eichlich] [s.n.] Belgium Festuca tenuifolia K002912698 No
Mosseray [s.n.] Belgium Festuca tenuifolia K002912697 No
Vetter, J.J. [s.n.] Switzerland Festuca tenuifolia K002912668 No
Pin, C. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912702 No
Krist, V. [s.n.] Czech Republic Festuca tenuifolia K002912675 No
Müllner, M.F. [s.n.] Austria Festuca tenuifolia K002912684 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K001651351 No
Fiori, Adr.; Béguinot, A. [s.n.] Italy Festuca tenuifolia K002912710 No
Collett, R. [s.n.] Festuca tenuifolia K002912686 No
Boullu, A. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912709 No
Muret [s.n.] Switzerland Festuca tenuifolia K002912670 No
Reichling, L. [36] Luxembourg Festuca tenuifolia K002912696 No
Nana [2] Festuca tenuifolia K002912713 No
{Maas Geesteranus, R.A.; H. J. van Hattum} [s.n.] Netherlands Festuca tenuifolia K002912694 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France Festuca tenuifolia K002912703 No
Kloos Jr., A.W. [s.n.] Netherlands Festuca tenuifolia K002912693 No
[S. M. Suest] [s.n.] Netherlands Festuca tenuifolia K002912695 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Festuca tenuifolia K001651350 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

    • 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 2024. 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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