Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv. (syn. Festuca pratensis Hudson)

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Schedonorus// Species: Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Markgraf-Dannenberg in Tutin et al. (1980) as Festuca pratensis Hudson, Fl. Ang. 37 (1762). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Foggi & Müller (2009+) in Valdés et al.) is Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 99. 1812.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Azores, Europe to Siberia and West Himalaya according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.)

Habitat: Grasslands and clearings of forests – mountain pasture and rocky terrains.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN,JUL.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – habit. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – panicle. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – spikelet. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – panicle axis. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – stem and leaf. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – stems and leaves. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – leaves of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – leaf sheaths with auricles. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – panicles and spikelets. Scale in cm/ mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Schedonorus pratensis* – leaf sheaths with auricles and ligule reduced to a narrow rim; width of leaves Scale in mm. 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 pratense (Huds.) Darbysh. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1138205-2 [Accessed 27.06.2024].

Schedonorus pratensis. Foggi, B. & Müller, J. (2009+): Schedonorus. – In: Valdés, B. & Scholz, H. (ed.); with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G.: Poaceae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/102f7158-f9b8-4d3e-aaef-51292fecbd6d [Accessed 27.06.2024].

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