× Festulpia stacei (Poaceae): a hybrid between Festuca rubra and Vulpia myuros
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https://doi.org/10.33928/bib.2026.08.001Keywords:
Vulpia spread, hybridisationAbstract
A new hybrid between Festuca rubra L. and Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel., × Festulpia stacei Krahulec nothospecies nov., is described. Characters distinguishing it from its parental species are given, as well as its known distribution. New localities across central and western Europe are to be expected, because Vulpia myuros has been spreading in man-made habitats during recent decades.
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