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Festuca rigescens (Presl) Kunth, Rev. 



Gram. 1: Sup. 31. 1830. Based on 



Diplachne rigescens Presl. 

 Diplachne rigescens Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 



260. 1830. Peru, Haenke. 

 (28) Festuca rubra L., Sp. PI. 74. 1753. 



Europe. 

 Festuca ovina var. rubra Smith, English 



Fl. 1: 139. 1824. Based on F. rubra L. 

 Festuca duriuscula var. rubra Wood, 



Amer. Bot. and Flor. pt. 2: 399. 1871. 



Presumably based on F. rubra L. 

 Festuca oregona Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 2: 126. 



1877. Oregon. 

 Festuca ovina subsp. rubra Hook, f., Stud. 



Fl. ed. 3. 497. 1884. Based on F. rubra 



L. 

 Festuca rubra var. littoralis Vasey ex Beal, 



Grasses N. Amer. 2: 607. 1896. Tilla- 

 mook Bay, Oreg., Howell in 1882. 

 Festuca vallicola Rydb., N. Y. Bot. Gard. 



Mem. 1: 57. 1900. Silver Bow, Mont., 



Rydberg 2108. 

 Festuca earlei Rydb., Torrey Bot. Club 



Bui. 32: 608. 1905. La Plata Canyon, 



Colo., Baker, Earle, and Tracy 920. 

 Festuca rubra prolifera Piper, U. S. Natl. 



Herb. Contrib. 10: 21. 1906. Mount 



Washington, N. H., Pringle in 1877. 

 Festuca rubra var. densiuscula Hack, ex 



Piper, U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 10: 22. 



1906. Crescent City, Calif., Davy and 



Blasdale 5931. 

 Festuca rubra var. prolifera Piper in Rob- 

 inson, Rhodora 10: 65. 1908. Based on 



F. rubra prolifera Piper. 

 Festuca prolifera Fernald, Rhodora 35: 



133. 1933. Based on F. rubra prolifera 



Piper. 

 Festuca rubra var. mutica Hartm. forma 



prolifera Hylander, Uppsala Univ. 



Arskr. 7: 83. 1945. Based on F. rubra 



var. prolifera Piper. ! 



Festuca rubra var. commutata Gaud., Fl. 



Helv. 1 : 287. 1828. Switzerland. 

 Festuca fallax Thuill., Fl. Env. Paris n. 



ed. 50. 1799. France. 

 Festuca rubra var. fallax Hack., Bot. Cen- 



tralbl. 8: 407. 1881. Based on F. fallax 



Thuill. 

 Festuca rubra subsp. eurubra var. com- 

 mutata subvar. eu-commutata St.-Yves, 



Ann. Cons. Jard. Geneve 17: 129. 



1913. Based on F. commutata Gaud. 

 Festuca rubra var. heterophylla Mutel, 



Fl. Franc. 4: 103. 1837. Based on F. 



heterophylla Lam. 

 Festuca heterophylla Lam., Fl. Franc. 3: 



600. 1778. France. 

 Festuca rubra var. lanuginosa Mert. and 



Koch, Deut. Fl. ed. 3. 1: 654. 1823. 



Prussia. 

 Festuca arenaria Osbeck in Retz., Sup. 



Prodr. Fl. Scand. 1: 4. 1805. Not F. 



arenaria Lam., 1791. Scandinavia. 

 Festuca rubra var. arenaria Fries, Fl. 



Halland. 28. 1818. Based on F. 



arenaria Osbeck. 

 Bromus secundus Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 



263. 1830. Nootka Sound, Vancouver 



Island, Haenke. 

 Festuca richardsoni Hook., Fl. Bor. Amer. 



2: 250. 1840. Arctic seacoast of North 



America, Richardson. 

 Festuca rubra var. villosa Vasey ex Ma- 



coun, Can. PI. Cat. 2 4 : 236. 1888. 



Name only, for specimen collected by 



Macoun at Dawson, Yukon Territory. 

 Festuca rubra var. pubescens Vasey ex 



Beal, Grasses N. Amer. 2: 607. 1896. 



Not F. rubra var. pubescens Spenner, 



1825. Oregon, Howell. 

 Festuca rubra secunda Scribn., Mo. Bot. 



Gard. Rpt. 10: 39. 1899. Based on 



Bro?nus secundus Presl. 

 Festuca rubra var. subvillosa forma vivi- 



para Eames, Rhodora 11: 89. 1909. 



Newfoundland, Governors Island, 



Eames and Godfrey. 

 Festuca rubra subsp. richardsoni Hulten, 



Acta Univ. Lund. n. ser. 38: 246. map 



178c. 1942. Based on F. richardsoni 



Hook. 



The following varieties of Festuca rubra, 



recognized by Piper (North American 



Species of Festuca, IT. S. Natl. Herb. 



Contrib. 10: 21-23. 1906), are based on 



European types. The specimens cited by him 



are in this Manual referred as follows: 



F. rubra megastachya Gaud., to F . rubra. 



F. rubra glaucodea Piper (based on F. 



glaucescens Hegetschw.), to F. rubra. 

 F. rubra multiflora (Hoffm.) Aschers. and 



Graebn., to F. rubra. 

 F. rubra pruinosa Hack., to F. rubra. 

 F. rubra lanuginosa Mert. and Koch, to 



F. rubra var. lanuginosa. 

 F. rubra kitaibeliana (Schult.) Piper, to F. 



rubra var. lanuginosa. 

 (24) Festuca scabrella Torr. in Hook., Fl. 



Bor. Amer. 2: 252. 1840. Rocky 



Mountains, Drummond. 

 Melica hallii Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 6: 296. 



1881. Rocky Mountains, latitude 39° to 



41° [north half of Colorado], Hall and 



Harbour 621. 

 Festuca hallii Piper, U. S. Natl. Herb. 



Contrib. 10:31. 1906. Based on Melica 



hallii Vasey. 

 Festuca confinis subsp. rabiosa Piper, U. S. 



Natl. Herb. Contrib. 10: 41. 1906. 



Crazy Womans Creek, Wyo., Williams 



and Griffiths 25. 

 Daluca hallii Lunell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 4 : 



221. 1915. Based on Melica hallii 



Vasey. 

 Festuca altaica subsp. arizonica subvar. 



hallii St.-Yves, Candollea 2: 271. 1925. 



Based on Melica hallii Vasey. 

 Festuca kingii var. rabiosa Hitchc, Amer. 



Jour. Bot. 21: 128. 1934. Based on F. 



confinis subsp. rabiosa Piper. 

 Hesperochloa kingii var. rabiosa Swallen, 



Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 54: 45. 1941. 



