Festuca Linnaeus 1753 (fescue)

Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Gramineae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Leptaspis, Bromus, Oryza, Stipa, Arundinaria, Palaeophragmites, Phalaris, Graminites, Triticum, Rhizocaulon, Oryzopsis, Glumophyllum, Sorghum, Phyllostachys, Graminophyllum, Saccharum, Stipidium, Poacites, Andropogon, Paleoeriocoma, Chaetochloa, Setaria, Muhlenbergia, Palaeoavena, Phragmites, Berriochloa, Palaeopyrum, Panicum, Humbertochloa, Pennisetum, Bambusites

Subtaxa: Festuca amethystina Festuca bromoides Festuca cristata Festuca decumbens Festuca duriuscula Festuca elatior Festuca fluitans Festuca incrassata Festuca myuros Festuca ovina Festuca rubra

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Type: Festuca ovina

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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