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Festuca
Festuca pratensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Clade:
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Supertribe:
Poodae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Genus:
Festuca Tourn. ex L. (1753)
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
AmphigenesJanka (1860)
AnatherumNábelek (1929), nom. illeg.
ArgillochloaW.A.Weber (1984)
AsprellaHost (1809), nom. illeg.
ChloamniaRaf. (1825)
CtenopsisDe Not. (1847)
DasiolaRaf. (1825)
DielsiochloaPilg. (1943)
DistomomischusDulac (1867)
DrymochloaHolub (1984)
FestucariaLink (1844), nom. illeg.
FestucariaHeist. ex Fabr. (1759)
GramenE.H.L.Krause (1914), nom. illeg.
HelleriaE.Fourn. (1886), nom. illeg.
HellerochloaRauschert (1982)
Hesperochloa(Piper) Rydb. (1912)
LeiopoaOhwi (1932)
LeucopoaGriseb. (1852)
LoliolumV.I.Krecz. & Bobrov (1934)
LoretiaDuval-Jouve (1880)
Micropyrum(Gaudin) Link (1844)
MygalurusLink (1821)
NabelekiaRoshev. (1937)
NarduretiaVillar (1925)
NarduroidesRouy (1913)
Nardurus(Bluff, Nees & Schauer) Rchb. (1841)
PodophorusPhil. (1856)
ProsphysisDulac (1867), nom. superfl.
PsilurusTrin. (1820)
TragusPanz. (1813), nom. illeg.
VulpiaC.C.Gmel. (1805)
WasatchiaM.E.Jones (1912), nom. superfl.
ZernaPanz. (1813), nom. superfl.
Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica.[2] The genus is closely related to ryegrass (Lolium), and recent evidence from phylogenetic studies using DNA sequencing of plant mitochondrial DNA shows that the genus lacks monophyly. As a result, plant taxonomists have moved several species, including the forage grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue, from the genus Festuca into the genus Lolium,[3] or alternatively into the segregate genus Schedonorus.
Because the taxonomy is complex, scientists have not determined how many true species belong to the genus, but estimates range from more than 400[4] to over 640.[5][6][7]
Fescue pollen is a significant contributor to hay fever.[8]
^"Festuca Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^Cite error: The named reference North was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Darbyshire, S J (1993). "Realignment of Festuca subgenus Schedonorus with the genus Lolium (Poaceae)". Novon. 3 (3): 239–243. doi:10.2307/3391460. JSTOR 3391460.
^Stančík, Daniel; Peterson, Paul M. (2007). "A Revision of Festuca (Poaceae: Loliinae) in South American Paramos". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 56: 1–184. JSTOR 23493233.
^Darbyshire, S. J.; Pavlick, L. E. "Festuca". Grass Manual. Flora of North America. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25.
^Inda, Luis A.; Segarra-Moragues, José Gabriel; Müller, Jochen; Peterson, Paul M.; Catalán, Pilar (2008). "Dated historical biogeography of the temperate Loliinae (Poaceae, Pooideae) grasses in the northern and southern hemispheres". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (3): 932–957. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.022. PMID 18226932.
^"Festuca Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^Esch, Robert E.; Hartsell, Cecelia J.; Crenshaw, Rodger; Jacobson, Robert S. (2001). "Common Allergenic Pollens, Fungi, Animals, and Arthropods" (PDF). Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology. 21 (2–3): 261–292. doi:10.1385/criai:21:2-3:261. PMID 11725608. S2CID 10980420. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-14.
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