Parafestuca

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Parafestuca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus: Parafestuca
E.B.Alexeev
Species:
P. albida
Binomial name
Parafestuca albida
(Lowe) E.B.Alexeev
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Festuca albida Lowe
  • Koeleria loweana A. Quintanar, Catalán & Castrov

Parafestuca is a genus of plants in the grass family.[3][4] The only known species is Parafestuca albida, found only on the Portuguese Island of Madeira in the North Atlantic.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Tropicos, Koeleria loweana A. Quintanar, Catalán & Castrov.
  3. ^ Alexeev, Eugeniy Borisovich. 1981. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 90(5): 107–108, figure 2.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Parafestuca E.B.Alexeev