Festuca caprina

Festuca caprina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca caprina

Name

Festuca caprina Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 443 (1841)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Festuca nubigena subsp. caprina (Nees) St.-Yves in Rev. Bretonne Bot. Pure Appl. 2: 79 (1927)
  • Heterotypic
    • Festuca caprina var. irrasa Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 720 (1900)
    • Festuca nubigena var. longiaristata St.-Yves in Rev. Bretonne Bot. Pure Appl. 2: 79 (1927)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regionalː Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces
    • Regionalː Eastern Africa
      • Tanzania
    • Regionalː Central Africa
      • Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
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