Details for: PI 188944, Festuca arundinacea Schreb., 'Mefon'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca arundinacea Schreb.

Cultivar:

'Mefon'

Origin:

Collected – Canada

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

25 Apr 1950

PI Assigned:

1950

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Inventory Volume:

158
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca arundinacea Schreb.

Cultivar:

'Mefon'

Origin:

Collected – Canada

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

25 Apr 1950

PI Assigned:

1950

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Canada

Collector(s):

Central Experiment Farm

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Mefon'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Festuca arundinacea Schreb.

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

16631

Place of publication:

Spic. fl. lips. 57. 1771 Jul-Oct

Comment:

the priority of this name vis-à-vis Poa phoenix Scop. (1771) is uncertain

Verified:

11/21/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Festuca arundinacea Schreb. f. arundinacea (0 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. arundinacea (8 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. atlantigena (St.-Yves) Auquier (1 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. atlantigena (St.-Yves) Auquier f. pseudomairei (Litard. & Maire) Auquier (0 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. cirtensis (St.-Yves) Gamisans (0 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. fenas (Lag.) Arcang. (3 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. orientalis (Hack.) K. Richt. (2 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. uechtritziana (Wiesb.) Hegi (1 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca elatior L.
Festuca elatior L. f. elatior
Festuca elatior L. subsp. elatior
Festuca elatior L. var. elatior

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	reed fescue			1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	tall fescue			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	wei zhuang yang mao	苇状羊茅		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)	tall fescue		Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 25-26.
French	fétuque élevée			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	fétuque roseau			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)	fétuque élevée		Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 25-26.
German	Rohrschwingel			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	festuca arundinacea			2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	oni-ushi-no-kegusa			2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	erva-corneira			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cañuela alta			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	rörsvingel			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 25 Jan 2005, from Festuca elatior L. to Festuca arundinacea Schreb.