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Festuca Tourn. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 73 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000014703.

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Synonyms of Festuca

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anatherum Nábelek Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 111: 10 (1929) — wfo-1200034889
Asprella Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 17 (1809) wfo-1200034907
Amphigenes Janka Linnaea 30: 619 (1860) wfo-4000001713
Argillochloa W.A.Weber Phytologia 55: 1 (1984) wfo-4000002980
Ctenopsis De Not. Index Seminum (G, Genevensis) 1847: 325 (1847) wfo-4000009975
Dasiola Raf. Neogenyton : 4 (1825) wfo-4000010797
Dielsiochloa Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 73: 99 (1943) wfo-4000011675
Drymochloa Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 19: 96 (1984) wfo-4000012626
Hellerochloa Rauschert Taxon 31: 561 (1982) wfo-4000017287
Hesperochloa (Piper) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 106 (1912) wfo-4000017626
Leiopoa Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 66 (1932) wfo-4000020933
Leucopoa Griseb. Fl. Ross. 4: 383 (1852) wfo-4000021582
Lojaconoa Gand. Fl.Eur. 25: 341. 1891 wfo-4000022091
Loliolum V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov Fl. URSS 2: 765 (1934) wfo-4000022094
Loretia Duval-Jouve Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier) , sér. 2, 2: 38 (1880) wfo-4000022280
Micropyrum (Gaudin) Link Linnaea 17: 397 (1844) wfo-4000024197
Mygalurus Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 92 (1821) wfo-4000025067
Nabelekia Roshev. Zlaki : 254 (1937) wfo-4000025258
Narduretia Villar Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 16: 100 (1925) wfo-4000025338
Narduroides Rouy Fl. France 14: 301 (1913) wfo-4000025339
Nardurus (Bluff, Nees & Schauer) Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 39 (1841) wfo-4000025340
Podophorus Phil. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 648 (1856) wfo-4000030509
Prosphysis Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 67 (1867) wfo-4000031239
Psilurus Trin. Fund. Agrost. : 93 (1820) wfo-4000031810
Vulpia C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 1: 8 (1805) wfo-4000040454
Zerna Panz. Ideen Rev. Gräser : 46, 59 (1813) wfo-4000041198
Chloamnia Raf. Neogenyton : 4 (1825) wfo-4000043906

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Festuca:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca abbreviata Link ex J.Fleisch. Syst. Verz. Ostseeprov. Bek. Gew. Phan. : 22 (1830) wfo-0000869642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca abortiva Nees ex St.-Yves – wfo-0001349527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca aglochis Borbás () — wfo-1000080039
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca agrostidea Bach.Pyl. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 421 (1826) wfo-0000869679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca agrostoidea Bach.Pyl. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 421 (1826) wfo-0000869680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca alpina subsp. alpina – – — wfo-1200108343
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca altaica f. intermedia St.-Yves Candollea 2: 273. 1925 wfo-0001325186
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca altaica f. scabrella (Torr. ex Hook.) Looman Publ. Dept. Agric. Canada 1662: 128. 1979 ; Budd's Flora of the Canadian prairie provinces wfo-0001323690
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca altaica subsp. eu-altaica St.-Yves Candollea 2: 269. 1925 wfo-0001367121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca altaica var. genuina St.-Yves Candollea 2: 269. 1925 wfo-0001397766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca ambigua var. danthonii (Asch. & Graebn.) Breistr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 87: 48 1940 — wfo-0001098822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca ambigua var. plumosa (Boiss.) Breistr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 87: 48 1940 — wfo-0001098825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca anomala Hochst. Flora 38: 330 (1855) wfo-0000869775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca apennina subsp. pubescens Prodán – — wfo-0001098382
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arabica Link Linnaea 17: 402 (1844) wfo-0000869787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arduennensis Boeuf & J.-M.Tison Botanique (Heugas) 8: 73 2022 wfo-1000061718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca aridorum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 46 (1923) wfo-0000869807
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arioides Lam. Encycl. 2: 464 1788 — wfo-0001274713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arundinacea subsp. arundinacea – – — wfo-0001225455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arundinacea subsp. fenas (Lag.) Bornm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 330. 1928 wfo-0001098832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arundinacea subsp. mediterranea (Hack.) Franco & Rocha Afonso Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2.A, 54: 88 (1980) wfo-0000869831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arundinacea subsp. orientalis (Hack.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 102 (1890) wfo-1200107412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arundinacea var. decolorans (Rchb.) Mert. ex W.D.J.Koch Fl. Sicul. (Lojacona) 3: 347 1909 — wfo-0001098831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arundinacea var. interrupta (Desf.) Coss. & Durieu Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 170 1855 — wfo-0001098833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arvensis (L.) T.Marsson Fl. Neu-Vorpommern 595. 1869 wfo-1000044226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca arvernensis subsp. arvernensis – – — wfo-1200107746
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca aschersoniana Dörfl. Exsicc. (Herb. Norm.) 1911: n.º 5380 (1911) wfo-0001098835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca austrovogesiaca Boeuf & J.-P.Bercht. Botanique (Heugas) 8: 62 2022 wfo-1000061703
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca baetica (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner]. 2(1): 514. 1900 wfo-0000869884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca balcanica subsp. balcanica – – — wfo-1200108003
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca borderei (Hack.) Hack. Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Echange Pl. 9:384 (1882) — wfo-1000080246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca bosniaca subsp. bosniaca – – — wfo-0001443427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca brachyphylla var. breviculmis (Fred.) Tiehm J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 17(1): 26 2023 wfo-1200067893
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca bracteata DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 111 (1813) wfo-0000869962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca braun-blanquetii (Fuente, Ortúñez & Ferrero Lom.) Rivas Mart., Fern. Gonz. & Loidi Itinera geobotanica 13:417 (1999) — wfo-1000080040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca brevifolia var. vivipara St.-Yves Candollea 2: 254. 1925 wfo-0001397765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca brevis var. spiralis (Asch. & Hack.) Asch., Schweinf. & Muschl. Man. Fl. Egypt 1: 138 1912 — wfo-0001098841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca brevis var. subdisticha (Asch. & Hack.) Asch., Schweinf. & Muschl. Man. Fl. Egypt 1: 138 1912 — wfo-0001098842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca brigantina subsp. brigantina – – — wfo-1200107943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca bromoides var. broteri (Boiss. & Reut.) Henriq. Bol. Soc. Brot. 20: 138 1905 — wfo-0001098844
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca bromoides var. pseudomyurus (Koch) Parnell Grasses Brit. 246, pl 111 1845 — wfo-0001098845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca caeruleosaxatilis (Boeuf & J.-P.Bercht.) Boeuf & J.-P.Bercht. Botanique (Heugas) 8: 63 2022 wfo-1000061704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca caespitosa Charit. Vestn. Tyumen Gosud. Univ. 5: 247, 245: f. 1.6 2005 wfo-1200040892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca callieri subsp. callieri – – — wfo-1200107738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca camusiana subsp. madecassa St.-Yves Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Genève, Sér. 2 18: 156, f. 1. 1926. (Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève) — wfo-0001315718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca captiosa Charit. Vestn. Tyumen Gosud. Univ. 5: 246 (-247, 245; f. 1.3). 2005 wfo-1000049180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca caucasica (Boiss.) Hack. ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9(1): 401 (1884) wfo-1200107411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca chalcophaea subsp. chalcophaea – – — wfo-1200108334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca chodouensis M.Toman Nachr. Forsch. Erwäg. Hist. Bot. Astr. : 26 (2008) wfo-0001347969
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca chubutensis var. submutica Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 163 (1911) wfo-0001370701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca ciliata Pers. Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 94. 1805 [1 Apr-15 Jun 1805] wfo-0000870105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca ciliata subsp. ambigua (Le Gall) J.-M.Tison Evaxiana 0.488888889 2021 wfo-1200028489
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca ciliata var. danthoine (Asch. & Graebn.) Fedtssch. Izv. Imp. Bot. Sada Petra Velikago 14(Suppl. 2): 86 1915 — wfo-0001098852
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca ciliata var. genuina Döll Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(3): 114. 1878 [1 Sep 1878] wfo-0001391186
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca commersonii f. vivipara Hack. Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Exped. Magellansl. 1895-1897 3, pt. 5: 229. 1900 wfo-0001323545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca compacta Banks & Sol. Nat. Hist. Aleppo , ed. 2, 2: 243 (1794) wfo-0000870161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca csikhegyensis var. vogesiaca Boeuf & J.-P.Bercht. Botanique (Heugas) 5: 20 2019 wfo-1200095888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca cunosuroides Desf. 1798 — wfo-0001097965
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca curtana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 336, sphalm.,. 1821 wfo-0001352216
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca danthonii f. aetnensis (Tineo) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 551 1901 — wfo-0001098859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca danthonii var. plumosa (Boiss.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 551 1901 — wfo-0001098860
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca danthonii var. tripolitana Pamp. – — wfo-0001098827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca daskalovii Kožuharov – — wfo-0001225456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca debilis Schleich. Cat. Pl. Helv. , ed. 4: 17 (1821) wfo-0000870237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca decolorans Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. (Mertens & W. D. J. Koch), ed. 3. 1: 663. 1823 — wfo-0000870240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca deserti subsp. deserti – – — wfo-1200108274
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca deserticola var. deserticola – – — wfo-0001096794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca deserticola var. genuina St.-Yves Candollea 3: 207, fig. 35-36. 1927 wfo-0001391187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca desvauxii var. genuina St.-Yves Candollea 3: 298. 1927 wfo-0001391188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca discolor Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 3: 91 (1852) wfo-0000870286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca dissitiflora subsp. eu-dissitiflora St.-Yves Candollea 3: 244. 1927 wfo-0001367123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca dissitiflora var. genuina St.-Yves Candollea 3: 244, fig. 62. 1927 wfo-0001397764
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca distachya var. monostachya (Lam.) Guss. Fl. Sic. Prodr. 1: 112 1827 — wfo-0001098915
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca distichovaginata var. genuina St.-Yves Candollea 3: 219, fig. 44. 1927 wfo-0001391189
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca dubia A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 435 (1850) wfo-0000870334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca duriuscula var. grandiflora Reverd. Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1928(3-4): 4 (1928) wfo-0001386156
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca duriuscula var. submutica Parl. Fl. Ital. 1: 437 1850 — wfo-0001278662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca duvalii (St.-Yves) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 2: 201 1955 — wfo-0001098588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior f. elatior – – — wfo-0001096473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior f. mucornata Schur – — wfo-0001098407
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior f. simplex (Boiss.) St.-Yves Candollea 3: 416 1928 — wfo-0001096891
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. adscendens (Retz.) Lilj. Utkast Svensk Fl. 47 1789 — wfo-0001098888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. arundinacea Schreb. – — wfo-0001263772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. glaucescens (Boiss.) Hack. Monogr. Festuc. Eur. 156 1882 — wfo-0001098889
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. interrupta (Desf.) Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 10: 59 1935 — wfo-0001098890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. letourneuxii St.-Yves Candollea 1: 34 1922 — wfo-0000870424
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. littorea (Retz.) Lilj. Utkast Svensk Fl. 47 1798 — wfo-0001098891
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. loliacea Kumm. & Sendtn. Flora oder Allgemeine Botanische Zeitung 32 1849 wfo-0001401447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. pluriflora (Schult.) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 137 1923 — wfo-0001098892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. pseudololiacea (Fr.) Fries ex Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 854 1864 — wfo-0001098894
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatior var. simplex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 622 1884 — wfo-0001096890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elatioriperennis Schulz Jahresber. Pollichia 20, 21: 278 1863 — wfo-0001098896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elegans subsp. elegans – – — wfo-1200108220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca elmeri f. luxurians St.-Yves Candollea 2: 283. 1925 wfo-0001323546
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca expansa var. conferta (Hausskn.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 563 1901 — wfo-0001098897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca fasciculata var. longiseta (Brot.) Hack. ex Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 81 1907 — wfo-0001098900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca fenas var. conferta (Hack.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 102 1890 — wfo-0001098902
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca festucoides var. aristata (Tausch) Bech. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 38: 154 1929 — wfo-0001098905
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca festucoides var. mutica (Tausch) Bech. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 38: 154 1929 — wfo-0001098906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Festuca filiformis subsp. bornmulleri Hack. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 404 1903 — wfo-0001098907