List of Festuca species

The following species in the grass genus Festuca, the fescues, are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 2024.[1] This genus together with the ryegrass genus Lolium form the FestucaLolium complex known for its frequent hybridization, and which is further complicated by the presence of a fine-leaved fescue clade within Festuca that appears to be sister to a clade consisting of Lolium and broad-leaved Festuca species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Festuca Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ Qiu, Yinjie; Hirsch, Cory D.; Yang, Ya; Watkins, Eric (2019). "Towards Improved Molecular Identification Tools in Fine Fescue (Festuca L., Poaceae) Turfgrasses: Nuclear Genome Size, Ploidy, and Chloroplast Genome Sequencing". Frontiers in Genetics. 10: 1223. doi:10.3389/fgene.2019.01223. PMC 6909427. PMID 31867041.