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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
Comments:Name verified on: 18-Dec-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Jan-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 9 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • blue fescue   (Source: BSBI ) – English

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: United Kingdom - England [e.]
    Southwestern Europe: France [n.]

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1988. The taxonomic relationships and typification of Festuca brevipila Tracey and F. lemanii Bastard (Poaceae). Watsonia 17:289.
  • 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.
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Images:

  • Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16670 (09 February 2010)

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