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Austrofestuca
(Tsvel.) E.B.Alekseev
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Austrofestuca littoralis
(Labill.) E.B. Alexeev
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- Festuca subg. Austrofestuca Tzvelev
- Poa sect. Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) Soreng & L.J. Gillespie
- Poa subsect. Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) Soreng, L.J. Gillespie & S.W.L. Jacobs
- Festuca littoralis Labill.
- Schedonorus littoralis (Labill.) P.Beauv.
- Triodia billardierei Spreng.
- Arundo triodioides Trin.
- Poa billardierei (Spreng.) St.-Yves
- Festuca pubinervis Vickery
- Poa triodioides (Trin.) Zotov
- Austrofestuca pubinervis (Vickery) B.K.Simon
- Poa pubinervis (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs
- Schedonorus littoralis var. minor Hook.f.
- Elymus subpaniculatus Steud.
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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
- ^ a b Tropicos, Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B. Alexeev
- ^ Alexeev, Eugeniy Borisovich. 1976. Bjulleten Moskovskogo Obačestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologičeskij 81(5): 55
- ^ 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.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, beach fescue, Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev Archived February 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance. 2008. Telopea 12(2): 277
- ^ Alexeev, Eugeniy Borisovich. 1985. Bjulleten Moskovskogo Obačestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologičeskij 90(5): 106–107, f. 1, 22–31