Genus: Festuca L.

Family:

Poaceae

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Common names:

fescue

Genus number:

4658

Last updated:

13-Aug-2009

Accession Count:

2210 (1953 active, 751 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank

List of Species Records in GRIN

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~):

(=) Amphigenes Janka
(=) Anatherum Nabelek
(=) Argillochloa W. A. Weber
(=) Bucetum Parn.
(~) Ctenopsis De Not.
(=) Dielsiochloa Pilg.
(~) Drymochloa Holub
(=) Drymonaetes Fourr., nom. inval.
(=) Festucaria Heist. ex Fabr.
(=) Gnomonia Lunell
(=) Gramen Krause
(=) Helleria E. Fourn.
(=) Hellerochloa Rauschert
(=) Hesperochloa (Piper) Rydb.
(=) Laston Pau
(=) Leiopoa Ohwi
(~) Leucopoa Griseb.
(=) Lojaconoa Gand.
(~) Loliolum V. I. Krecz. & Bobrov
(~) Micropyrum (Gaudin) Link
(=) Nabelekia Roshev.
(=) Narduroides Rouy
(~) Patzkea G. H. Loos
(~) Pseudobromus K. Schum.
(~) Psilurus Trin.
(=) Schoenodorus Roem. & Schult., orth. var.
(~) Vulpia C. C. Gmel.
(=) Wangenheimia Moench
(=) Wasatchia M. E. Jones

Check Index Nominum Genericorum for Festuca

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxonomygenus?id=4658. Accessed 18 July 2025.