Festuca cynosuroides

Festuca cynosuroides

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 cynosuroides

Name

Festuca cynosuroides Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 88 (1798)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Ctenopsis cynosuroides (Desf.) Paunero ex Romero García in Lagascalia 18: 321 (1996)
    • Narduretia cynosuroides (Desf.) Villar in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 16: 101 (1925)
    • Nardurus cynosuroides (Desf.) Trab. in J.A.Battandier & al., Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 234 (1895)
    • Triticum cynosuroides (Desf.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 325 (1824)
    • Vulpia cynosuroides (Desf.) Parl. in Pl. Nov.: 52 (1842)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regionalː Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

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

References

Primary references

  • Desfontaines, R.L. 1798. Flora Atlantica sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus primus. xx + 444 pp, 120 pl., Parisiis: Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. : 88

Additional references

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0120-9, 455 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: Cynosuroid fescue, Mountain fescue
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