Festuca thurberi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca thurberi

Festuca thurberi Vasey in J.T.Rothrock, Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 292 (1878 publ. 1879)

Homotypic
- Festuca tolucensis subsp. thurberi (Vasey) St.-Yves in Candollea 2: 304 (1925)
Heterotypic
- Poa festucoides M.E.Jones in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 723 (1895), nom. illeg.
- Poa kaibensis M.E.Jones in Erythea 4: 36 (1896)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Central USA Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Introduced into: South Carolina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Festuca thurberi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 12. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca thurberi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 December 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Festuca thurberi. Published online. Accessed: December 12 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Festuca thurberi in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: December 12. Reference page.