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Festuca
| Festuca | |
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| Festuca pratensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Loliinae |
| Genus: | Festuca Tourn. ex L. (1753) |
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Synonymy
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Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica.[2] The genus is closely related to ryegrass (Lolium), and recent evidence from phylogenetic studies using DNA sequencing of plant mitochondrial DNA shows that the genus lacks monophyly. As a result, plant taxonomists have moved several species, including the forage grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue, from the genus Festuca into the genus Lolium,[3] or alternatively into the segregate genus Schedonorus.
Because the taxonomy is complex, scientists have not determined how many true species belong to the genus, but estimates range from more than 400[4] to over 640.[5][6][7]
Fescue pollen is a significant contributor to hay fever.[8]
- ^ "Festuca Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Northwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Darbyshire, S J (1993). "Realignment of Festuca subgenus Schedonorus with the genus Lolium (Poaceae)". Novon. 3 (3): 239–243. doi:10.2307/3391460. JSTOR 3391460.
- ^ Stančík, Daniel; Peterson, Paul M. (2007). "A Revision of Festuca (Poaceae: Loliinae) in South American Paramos". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 56: 1–184. JSTOR 23493233.
- ^ Darbyshire, S. J.; Pavlick, L. E. "Festuca". Grass Manual. Flora of North America. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25.
- ^ Inda, Luis A.; Segarra-Moragues, José Gabriel; Müller, Jochen; Peterson, Paul M.; Catalán, Pilar (2008). "Dated historical biogeography of the temperate Loliinae (Poaceae, Pooideae) grasses in the northern and southern hemispheres". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (3): 932–957. Bibcode:2008MolPE..46..932I. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.022. PMID 18226932.
- ^ "Festuca Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Esch, Robert E.; Hartsell, Cecelia J.; Crenshaw, Rodger; Jacobson, Robert S. (2001). "Common Allergenic Pollens, Fungi, Animals, and Arthropods" (PDF). Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology. 21 (2–3): 261–292. doi:10.1385/criai:21:2-3:261. PMID 11725608. S2CID 10980420. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-14.
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