Schedonorus giganteus (L.) Holub (syn. Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Schedonorus// Species: Schedonorus giganteus (L.) Holub.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Smith in Tutin et al. (1980) as Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauph. 2: 110 (1787). The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Foggi & Müller, 2009+) is Schedonorus giganteus (L.) Holub in Preslia 70: 113. 1998.

Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from the Europe to Siberia and South Central China; Bioko (Gulf of Guinea Islands) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Lolium giganteum (L.) Darbysh).

Habitat: Found on mesophilous sites in the European beech forest belt.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – panicles. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – panicle. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – spikelets. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – axis and branch of panicle. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – panicle axis and sheath of uppermost leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – sheath of uppermost leaf . Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – stems with leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – stems, node, mouth of leaf sheath with auricles and adaxial side of lamina. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Schedonorus giganteus – mouth of leaf sheath with auricles. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – stem node. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – plant base. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – stem base and roots. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – stem base with sheaths of old leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.22

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – plant base and vegetative shoots. Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – panicle. Scale in mm/cm. Specimen from Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – spikelets. Scale in mm/cm. Specimen from Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – spikelet. Scale in mm/cm. Specimen from Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus* *giganteus* – leaf. Scale in mm/cm. Specimen from Osogovo – “Shtalkovicka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Festuca L. Markgraf-Dannenberg, I. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 125 – 153.

Lolium giganteum (L.) Darbysh. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:973268-1 [Accessed 10.07.2023].

Rod Festuca L. Gajić, M. in Josifović, M. (1976). Flora SR Srbije VIII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 415-442.

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