Festuca elatior

Ardenghi, Nicola M. G., Signorini, Maria Adele, Parolo, Gilberto, Rossi, Graziano, Pignotti, Lia, Vitek, Ernst & Foggi, Bruno, 2013, Typification of names of taxa belonging to Festuca arundinacea (≡ Schedonorus arundinaceus) aggregate (Poaceae) in Hackel’s herbarium (W), Phytotaxa 84 (2), pp. 55-59 : 58

Festuca elatior L. subvar. strictior Hack. (1882: 154) .

Lectotype (designated here):— UNITED KINGDOM. Lancashire: Clay bank of the Medsey, St. Michael , s. of Liverpool, 13 July 1876, J. W. Burton s.n. (W-Hackel 1916-0014930!)

Additional specimens examined: — SLOVAKIA. Feldgräben bei Brockan [?], 25 June 1879, R. F. C. Uechtritz s.n. (syntype W-Hackel 1916-0014932!) .

Protologue citation: —“in Anglia, Silesia, Serbia.”

Specimens mentioned in the protologue: —none.

Transcription of lectotype specimen notes: —“DATABASED/ PHOTO // HERB. MUS. PALAT. VINDOB./ Acqu. 1916 Nr. 14930// Herbarium E. Hackel [o.s., pr.]”; A ) “ Festuca arundinacea Schreb. [m. Burton?]/ genuina, f.ma (s.v.) strictior Hack [m. Hackel ]/ Clay bank of the Mersey./ St. Michael , s. of Liverpool,/ Lancashire 15.vii.1876. [m. Burton ?]/ EX HERB. [pr.]/ Coll. [m. Burton?] JNO. WM. BURTON, LIVERPOOL. [pr.]”. W !

Notes: — Lectotype image is available at http://herbarium.univie.ac.at/database/detail.php?ID=166218. The sheet was annotated as a lectotype by Foggi and Signorini in 2006.