Festuca

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Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.

Family:	POACEAE
Genus:	Festuca L.
Common Name:	FESCUE
Genus Notes:	Vulpia is generally included in Festuca but Lolium may also become synonymous (Díaz-Pérez et al. 2014; Inda et al. 2014; Soreng et al. 2015; Cheng et al. 2016). Being published simultaneously, Lolium and Festuca would have equal priority until an author establishes one over the other (Art. 11.5), although retaining the much larger genus Festuca would probably be more practical. Columbus & Smith, Jr. (2010) favored the use of Festuca and treating Lolium as its synonym.
Specimen:	View USF Herbarium specimens of this genus

Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	POALES
Family	POACEAE
Genus	*Festuca*

Citation

Citation	FESTUCA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 73. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	TYPE: Festuca ovina Linnaeus Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 269. 1913.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species

Scientific Name	Common Name	Herbarium Specimens	Photos
Festuca bromoides	BROME FESCUE
Festuca myuros	RATTAIL FESCUE
Festuca octoflora	SIXWEEKS FESCUE
Festuca sciurea	SQUIRRELTAIL FESCUE
Festuca subverticillata	NODDING FESCUE

Genus Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Type
Amphigenes	Amphigenes Janka, Linnaea 30: 619. 1860.	TYPE: Festuca nutans Host
Argillochloa	Argillochloa W. A. Weber, Phytologia 55: 1. 1984.	TYPE: Argillochloa dasyclada (Hackel ex Beal) W. A. Weber (Festuca dasyclada Hackel ex Beal)
Chloammia	Chloammia Rafinesque, Neogenyton 4. 1825.	TYPE: Festuca tenella Willdenow Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-23) 772: 30. 1920.
Dasiola	Dasiola Rafinesque, Neogenyton 4. 1825.	TYPE: Dasiola elliotea Rafinesque
Distomischus	Distomischus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 91. 1867.	TYPE: = Vulpia C. Gmelin 1805.

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Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2019. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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