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Taxon: Festuca longifolia Thuill.

 
Genus: Festuca
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Loliinae
Nomen number: 16670
Place of publication: Fl. env. Paris ed. 2:50. 1799
Link to protologue:
Comments:
  • • non Festuca longifolia auct. pl. (= F. brevipila R. Tracey - "hard fescue")
  • • non Festuca longifolia auct. nonn. (= F. lemanii T. Bastard)
Name Verified on: 18-Dec-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • blue fescue  (Source: BSBI) - English

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Europe
    • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom [England (e.)]
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (n.)


References:

  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Festuca+longifolia&quantity=1 target='_blank'
  3. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  4. Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1988. The taxonomic relationships and typification of Festuca brevipila Tracey and F. lemanii Bastard (Poaceae). Watsonia 17:289.
  5. Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1991. A new taxonomic treatment of the Festuca ovina aggregate (Poaceae) in the British Isles. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106:387.

Check other web resources for Festuca longifolia Thuill. :

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16670. Accessed 5 October 2024.