| Festuca brachyphylla Schult. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Festuca jensenii Gjærev. & Ryvarden, Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Trondheim) 1977, 4: 18 (1978). Holotype (TRH): Greenland: Jensens Nunataker, 1967, leg. O. Gjærevoll and L. Ryvarden. |
| Notes | Even after separation of Festuca edlundiae and F. hyperborea, this is a polymorphic species. Two additional local Greenlandic plants have been described as F. groenlandica (see below) and F. jensenii. Festuca jensenii was described from one locality in southwestern Greenland (Jensens Nunataker; Gjærevoll and Ryvarden 1978). It is, in our opinion and that of Soreng et al. (2003), just a pallid F. brachyphylla. Similar pallid forms occur in many places and are without taxonomic significance. Ryvarden commented on this name and the other new names for plants on Jensens Nunatakker that "they went immediately into synonymy". |
| Chromosomes | 42 (6x). - Europe (N), Siberia (N), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, U.S.A., Greenland. - Numerous reports. Not included: There are reports of 2n = 28 from Kolguev in northeastern European Russia and from Tiksi in northern Yakutia under the name F. brevifolia (Sokolovskaya and Strelkova 1960). We do not know what taxon or taxa they refer to. Control of vouchers is needed. |
| Geography | Circumpolar-alpine: NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL. |
| Distribution | N = F A = R AN = f B = F AO = f C = F GW = f D = F E = F CC = f WI = f YG = f HL = f EP = s CE = f CS = f UN = s YK = f AW = s GE = f Kh = f SF = r CW = f Tm = f KP = r [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Festuca L. |
| PAF ID | 342207 |