Psilurus incurvus (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

Trajche Dimitrovski

May 1

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Psilurus // Species: Psilurus incurvus (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Pakistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - accepted as Festuca incurva (Gouan) Gutermann).

Habitat: Dry and open habitats – dry grasslands/ hill pastures.

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

*Psilurus incurvus* – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – terminal part of inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – lower part of inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – terminal part of inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – developing inflorescence - the spikelets are embedded in concavities of the rachis. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – inflorescences and uppermost leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – uppermost leaf and rachilla. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – stem with leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – lower part of stem and leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Psilurus incurvus* – lower part of stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Festuca incurva (Gouan) Gutermann. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77144481-1 [Accessed 01.05.2022].

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.

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