Austrofestuca

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Beach fescue
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Austrofestuca

(Tsvel.) E.B.Alekseev
Binomial name
Austrofestuca littoralis
(Labill.) E.B. Alexeev
Synonyms [1]
  • Festuca subg. AustrofestucaTzvelev
  • Poa sect. Austrofestuca(Tzvelev) Soreng & L.J. Gillespie
  • Poa subsect. Austrofestuca(Tzvelev) Soreng, L.J. Gillespie & S.W.L. Jacobs
  • Festuca littoralisLabill.
  • Schedonorus littoralis(Labill.) P.Beauv.
  • Triodia billardiereiSpreng.
  • Arundo triodioidesTrin.
  • Poa billardierei(Spreng.) St.-Yves
  • Festuca pubinervisVickery
  • Poa triodioides(Trin.) Zotov
  • Austrofestuca pubinervis(Vickery) B.K.Simon
  • Poa pubinervis(Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs
  • Schedonorus littoralis var. minorHook.f.
  • Elymus subpaniculatusSteud.

Austrofestuca, called beach fescue, is a genus of Australian and New Zealand plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [1] [4] The only accepted species is Austrofestuca littoralis, native to seacoast regions in Australia (all states except Queensland) and New Zealand (North I, South I, and Chatham Is). [5] [6]

The genus used to include: [6] [7] [8] see Hookerochloa

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References

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  2. Alexeev, Eugeniy Borisovich. 1976. Bjulleten Moskovskogo Obačestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologičeskij 81(5): 55
  3. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Atlas of Living Australia, beach fescue, Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev Archived February 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance. 2008. Telopea 12(2): 277
  8. Alexeev, Eugeniy Borisovich. 1985. Bjulleten Moskovskogo Obačestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologičeskij 90(5): 106–107, f. 1, 22–31