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Festuca rubra L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 40796

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Festuca diffusa Dumort.
		Festuca duriuscula L.
		Festuca rubra ssp. megastachys (Gaudin) Piper
		Festuca egena V. Krecz. & Bobrov
		Festuca glaucescens Hegetschw. & Heer
		Festuca ovina ssp. duriuscula (L.) Kozlowska
		Festuca ovina ssp. rubra Hook.
		Festuca rubra ssp. glaucodea Piper
		Festuca rubra ssp. megastachya (Gaudin) Piper
		Festuca duriuscula var. rubra (L.) Alph. Wood
		Festuca ovina var. duriuscula (L.) Hack.
		Festuca ovina var. duriuscula (L.) W.D.J. Koch
		Festuca ovina var. rubra (L.) Sm.
	Common Name(s):	red fescue
		ravine fescue

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Poaceae – grasses, graminées
	Genus	Festuca L. – fescue
	Species	Festuca rubra L. – red fescue, ravine fescue
		Direct Children:
	Form	Festuca rubra f. pseudovivipara Pavlick
	Form	Festuca rubra f. psilolemma Pavlick
	Variety	Festuca rubra var. commutata Gaudin
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. arctica (Hack.) Govor. – red fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. arenaria (Osbeck) F. Aresch. – red fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. arenicola E.B. Alexeev – red fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. aucta (V. Krecz. & Bobrov) Hultén – red fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. commutata Gaudin – Chewings' fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. juncea (Hack.) K. Richt.
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. mediana (Pavlick) Pavlick
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper – red fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. rubra L. – red fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. secunda (J. Presl) Pavlick – red fescue
	Subspecies	Festuca rubra ssp. vallicola (Rydb.) Pavlick – red fescue

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	Source:	Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
	Reference for:	Festuca rubra

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Festuca rubra

	Source:	Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
	Reference for:	Festuca rubra

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Festuca rubra

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Festuca rubra

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Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	Oceania
		North America
		South America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Continental US, Native & Introduced
		Hawaii, Native
		Alaska, Native

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