G.104. Festuca L. - Fescues

PSEUDOBROMUS K. Schum.

Description of the genus

Perennials. Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle. Spikelets 2-several-flowered. Glumes subequal; lower 1-3-nerved, upper 3-nerved, membranous to herbaceous, acute. Lemmas dorsally rounded, 5-nerved, acute to shortly awned. Stamens 3.

Worldwide: c. 450 species in temperate regions throughout the world, extending through the tropics on mountain tops.

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
abyssinica A. Rich.	N	N	Description
africana (Hack.) Clayton	E	Mc	Description
caprina Nees	N	N	Description

Other sources of information about Festuca:

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Flora of Burundi: Festuca
Flora of Malawi: Festuca
Flora of Mozambique: Festuca
Flora of Zimbabwe: Festuca

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Festuca
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Festuca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Festuca
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Festuca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Festuca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Festuca
JSTOR Plant Science: Festuca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Festuca
Plants of the World Online: Festuca
Tropicos: Festuca
Wikipedia: Festuca

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Festuca.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=121, retrieved 21 November 2024

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