Taxonomy Profile: Festuca (L)

Festuca: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Argillochloa
WA Weber
Festucaria
Heist ex Fabr
Gnomonia
Lunell
Gramen
Krause
Common Name(s):
fescue []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Festuca: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Lilianae
monocots |
monocotyledons |
monocotylédones |
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
grasses |
graminées |
Genus : Festuca
fescue |
Festuca Direct Children(s):
Festuca brachyphylla
(Schult & Schult f)
Festuca dasyclada
(Hack ex Beal)
Festuca ligulata
(Swallen)
Festuca drymeja
(Mert & W D J Koch)
Festuca elmeri
(Scribn & Merr)
Festuca prolifera
(Piper Fernald)
Festuca rigescens
(J Presl Kunth)
Festuca arvernensis
(Auquier Kerguélen & Markgr-Dann)
Festuca groenlandica
(Schol Fred)
Festuca hallii
(Vasey Piper)
Festuca subverticillata
(Pers EB Alexeev)
Festuca trachyphylla
(Hack Krajina)
Festuca viviparoidea
(Krajina ex Pavlick)
Festuca edlundiae
(SG Aiken LL Consaul & Lefk)
Festuca roemeri
(Pavlick EB Alexeev)
Festuca calligera
(Piper Rydb)
Festuca valesiaca
(Schleich ex Gaudin)
Festuca washingtonica
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca aguana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca ancachsana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca argentina
(Speg Parodi)
Festuca argentinensis
(St-Yves Türpe)
Festuca asperella
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca asplundii
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca azucarica
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca bajacaliforniana
(Gonz-Led & SD Koch)
Festuca beamanii
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca bidenticulata
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca boliviana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca boyacensis
(Stancík)
Festuca caldasii
(Kunth Kunth)
Festuca callosa
(Piper St-Yves)
Festuca carchiense
(Stancík)
Festuca carrascana
(Stancík & Renvoize)
Festuca cartagana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca chita
(Stancík)
Festuca chitagana
(Stancík)
Festuca chuquisacae
(Stancík & Renvoize)
Festuca cirrosa
(Speg Parodi)
Festuca cleefiana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca coahuilana
(Gonz-Led & SD Koch)
Festuca cochabambana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca cocuyana
(Stancík)
Festuca colombiana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca copei
(Renvoize)
Festuca coromotensis
(B Briceño)
Festuca cundinamarcae
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca cuzcoensis
(Stancík & PM Peterson)
Festuca dentiflora
(EB Alexeev ex Stancík & PM Peterson)
Festuca diclina
(Darbysh)
Festuca dinirica
(Stancík)
Festuca dissitiflora
(Steud ex Griseb)
Festuca elviae
(B Briceño)
Festuca flacca
(Hack ex EB Alexeev)
Festuca fragilis
(Luces B Briceño)
Festuca glumosa
(Hack ex EB Alexeev)
Festuca hatico
(Stancík)
Festuca hephaestophila
(Nees ex Steud)
Festuca herrerae
(Davidse)
Festuca hintoniana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca holubii
(Stancík)
Festuca humilior
(Nees & Meyen)
Festuca hyperbore
(Holmen ex Fred)
Festuca jaliscana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca juncifolia
(St-Amans)
Festuca laegaardii
(Stancík)
Festuca lanifera
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca livida
(Kunth Willd ex Spreng)
Festuca loricata
(Griseb Pilg)
Festuca lugens
(E Fourn Hitchc ex Hern-Xol)
Festuca magniflora
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca meyenii
(St-Yves EB Alexeev)
Festuca monguensis
(Stancík)
Festuca nigriflora
(Hitchc Negritto & Anton)
Festuca orizabensis
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca oroana
(Stancík)
Festuca pallescens
(St-Yves Parodi)
Festuca panda
(Swallen)
Festuca parodiana
(St-Yves Nicora)
Festuca parodii
(St-Yves)
Festuca peruviana
(Infantes)
Festuca petersonii
(Renvoize)
Festuca potosiana
(Renvoize)
Festuca pringlei
(St-Yves)
Festuca purpurascens
(Banks & Sol ex Hook f)
Festuca renvoizei
(Stancík)
Festuca roblensis
(Gonz-Led)
Festuca roigii
(Dubcovs & Rúgolo)
Festuca rosei
(Piper)
Festuca rzedowskiana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca samensis
(Joch Müll)
Festuca scirpifolia
(J Presl Kunth)
Festuca setifolia
(Steud ex Griseb)
Festuca simpliciuscula
(Hack EB Alexeev)
Festuca sodiroana
(Hack ex EB Alexeev)
Festuca soratana
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca soukupii
(Stancík)
Festuca stebeckii
(Renvoize)
Festuca steinbachii
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca sumapana
(Stancík)
Festuca superba
(Parodi ex Türpe)
Festuca swallenii
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca tancitaroensis
(Gonz-Led & SD Koch)
Festuca tectoria
(St-Yves)
Festuca toca
(Stancík)
Festuca tovariensis
(Stancík & PM Peterson)
Festuca trollii
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca tucumanica
(EB Alexeev)
Festuca turimiquirensis
(Stancík & PM Peterson)
Festuca ulochaeta
(Nees ex Steud)
Festuca urubambana
(Stancík)
Festuca vaginalis
(Benth Lægaard)
Festuca valdesii
(Gonz-Led & SD Koch)
Festuca villipalea
(St-Yves EB Alexeev)
Festuca willdenowiana
(Schult & Schult f)
Festuca woodii
(Stancík)
Festuca X villosavivipara
(Rosenv EB Alexeev)
Festuca: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Festuca
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Festuca
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Festuca
Source:
Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009
Acquired:
2009-11-24
Notes:
Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
Reference for:
Festuca
Source:
Poaceae update
Acquired:
2010-09-01
Notes:
Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
Reference for:
Festuca
Publication(s):
Festuca: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Festuca: Comments