Festuca edlundiae

Festuca edlundiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Subfamily:Pooideae
Genus:Festuca
Species: F. edlundiae
Binomial name
Festuca edlundiae
S.G.Aiken, Consaul & Lefk.

Festuca edlundiae, commonly known as Edlund's fescue, is a native, perennial tufted grass found in Alaska, Canadian arctic islands, northern Greenland, far eastern arctic Russia and Svalbard.[1] The specific name honours Doctor Sylvia Edlund, a Canadian botanist. It was first described by Susan Aiken, Laurie Consaul and Leonard Lefkovitch in 1995.[2]

Description

It is closely related to Festuca brachyphylla. The plant is similar to boreal fescue (Festuca hyperborea) but has flag leaf (final leaf) blades that are 5 mm or longer and has larger spikelets. It grows in dense clumps without rhizomes.[3]

Habitat

The plant grows in the High Arctic in fine-grained and calcareous soils.

References

  1. ↑ Barkworth, Mary E; Anderton, Laurel K; Capels, Kathleen M; Long, Sandy; Piep, Michael B. (2007). Manual of Grasses for North America. University Press of Colorado. p. 387. ISBN 1457180987.
  2. ↑ "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovitch". Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Museum of Nature.
  3. ↑ Committee, Flora of North America Editorial (1993). Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Volume 24. p. 432. ISBN 0195310713.
  • "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul & Lefkovitch". The Flora of Svalbard.
  • Susan G. Aiken, Laurie L. Consaul & Leonard P. Lefkovitch (1995). "Festuca edlundiae (Poaceae), a High Arctic, new species compared enzymatically and morphologically with similar Festuca species". Systematic Botany. 20 (3): 374–392. doi:10.2307/2419501. JSTOR 2419501.


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