Festuca groenlandica

Festuca groenlandica, commonly known as the Greenland fescue, is a species of grass in the Festuca genus and Poaceae family. It is endemic to Greenland. The Flora of North America accepts this species.[1] Other sources regard it as a synonym of Festuca brachyphylla.[2]

Festuca groenlandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Festuca
Species:
F. groenlandica
Binomial name
Festuca groenlandica
(Schol.) Fred.

In 1977 it was considered a subspecies to F. brachyphylla by Signe Frederiksen,[3] who then later in 1983 promoted it to its own species, F. groenlandica.[4]

References

  1. "Festuca groenlandica - FNA". dev.semanticfna.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. "Festuca brachyphylla". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. Frederiksen, Signe. "The Festuca brachyphylla group in Greenland". Botaniska Notiser. 130: 269–277.
  4. Frederiksen, Signe (1983). "Festuca brachyphylla, F. saximontana and related species in North America". Nordic Journal of Botany. 2 (6): 525–536. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01045.x.


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