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June 2025

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genus

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.

Statistics

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

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