- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Festuca Tourn. ex L.
Festuca coelestis (St.-Yves) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov
- Genus: Festuca Tourn. ex L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Central Asia to China and Himalaya.
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; 5-30 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.4-0.6 mm long. Leaf-blades filiform; conduplicate; 5-13 cm long; 1 mm wide; glaucous. Leaf-blade venation comprising 5 vascular bundles; with 3 subepidermal sclerenchyma strands; without layer of subepidermal sclerenchyma masking vein striation. Leaf-blade surface smooth.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; oblong; 1-5 cm long. Primary panicle branches appressed. Panicle branches scabrous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 3-4 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong; laterally compressed; 5-6 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 3-4 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong; laterally compressed; 5-6 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Glume
- Glumes persistent; dissimilar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; 1.8-2.2 mm long; 0.7-0.8 length of upper glume; chartaceous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume lanceolate; 2.6-3.2 mm long; 0.7-0.8 length of adjacent fertile lemma; chartaceous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; 3.2-4 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma surface scaberulous; rough above. Lemma apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn 1-2 mm long overall. Palea 1 length of lemma; 2 -veined. Palea keels scaberulous; adorned all along, or above. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Flowers
- Anthers 3; 1-1.2 mm long. Ovary glabrous.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum linear.
- Distribution
- Asia-temperate: Soviet Middle Asia and China. Asia-tropical: India.
- Reference
- Poeae. Fl Pak 1993.
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Distribution
Native to:
China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Synonyms
Other Data
Festuca coelestis (St.-Yves) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (5 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Oct 1, 1976 | Hartmann, H. [120], Pakistan | K001082304 | ||
Dec 1, 1975 | Aitchison, J.E.T. [949], Pakistan | K001082303 | ||
Oct 1, 1975 | Stewart, R.R. [23104], Pakistan | K001082302 | ||
Oct 1, 1975 | Clarke, C.B. [31070], India | K001082305 | ||
Aug 1, 1975 | Duthie, J.F. [22701] | K001082301 |
Bibliography
First published in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 770 (1934)
Accepted by
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1956). Flora Kazakhstana 1: 1-354. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
- Roshevitz, R.J. & al. (eds.) (1950). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR 2: 1-315. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
Sources
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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