Festuca amplissima
{{Short description|Species of grass}}
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|genus = Festuca
|species = amplissima
|authority = Rupr.
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Festuca fratercula
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Festuca amplissima is a species of grass that are rhizomatous perennials. This species is endemic to Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador. Festuca amplissima has three subspecies, and one variety.{{cite web |title=Festuca amplissima |publisher=Research Gate |date=2007 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Festuca-amplissima-subsp-sierrae-A-Stylized-growth-form-B-Habit-C-Spikelet-D_fig1_276269375 |access-date=2022-05-23}} It was first described in 1842. {{cite web |title= Festuca amplissima Rupr. ex Galeotti |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103756-2 |website=Kew - Plants of the world Online |access-date=10 May 2023}}
- Festuca amplissima subsp. amplissima
- Festuca amplissima var. elliptica
- Festuca amplissima subsp. sierra
- Festuca amplissima subsp. magdalenaensis{{cite web |title=ITIS report : Festuca amplissima |publisher=ITIS |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=783287#null |access-date=2022-05-23}}
Characteristics
Festuca amplissima has loosely tufted flowers. It has brown glabrous leaves that are membranous and has culms that are erect, scabrous and grow from 100 to 120 centimetres tall. The ligules of this species grow from 0.5 - 0.7 millimetres long and the panicles are 20-25 centimetres long, 2-5 centimetres wide.
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Category:Taxa named by Franz Josef Ruprecht
Category:Plants described in 1842
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