Poaceae
Festuca

Festuca caprina Nees

First published in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 443 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (1971). Flora Zambesiaca 10(1): 1-152. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (1971). Flora Zambesiaca 10(1): 1-152. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 42 (1958).
  • Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr.: 443 (1841).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1985 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345257 Lectotype Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Buchanan, J. [38] South Africa K000345262 Syntype Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Buchanan, J. [37] South Africa K000345260 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Drege [s.mn. K000345258 Isolectotype No
Jul 1, 1985 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345256 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Flanagan, H.G. [s.n.] South Africa K000345259 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Rudatis, H. [122] South Africa K000345263 Isolectotype Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345255 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Buchanan, J. [41] South Africa K000345261 Type Yes
Codd, L.E. [3226] South Africa K003062595 No
[E. J. Mall] [1384] South Africa K003062581 No
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [6270] South Africa K003062600 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [18128] South Africa K003062584 No
McCallum Webster, M. [N443] South Africa K003062593 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15336] South Africa K003062577 No
Moll, E.J. [1230] South Africa K003062587 No
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2493] South Africa K003062610 No
Killick, D.J.B. [2341] South Africa K003062589 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17015] South Africa K003062620 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15909/A] South Africa K003062582 No
McCallum Webster, M. [N426] South Africa K003062611 No
Manning, J.; Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15905] South Africa K003062606 No
Wright, F.B. [949] South Africa K003062573 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [22151] South Africa K003062594 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16222] South Africa K003062583 No
Devenish, N. [1478] South Africa K003062579 No
West, O. [1631] South Africa K003062598 No
Du Toit, P.C.V. [704] South Africa K003062618 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15533] South Africa K003062575 No
Manning, J.; Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16008] South Africa K003062607 No
Killick, D.J.B. [1089] South Africa K003062604 No
Killick, D.J.B.; Vahrmeijer, J. [3610] South Africa K003062580 No
Killick, D.J.B. [1089] South Africa K003062570 No
Killick, D.J.B. [1315] South Africa K003062605 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17323] South Africa K003062619 No
Du Toit, P.C.V. [658] South Africa K003062608 No
Devenish, N.J. [1404] South Africa K003062586 No
Killick, D.J.B. [1347] South Africa K003062590 No
Killick, D.J.B. [1315] South Africa K003062571 No
[H. G. Fhwei Chudr] [1505] South Africa K003062601 No
[H. G. Fhwei chendr] [1513] South Africa K003062591 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16853] South Africa K003062612 No
McClean, B. [269] South Africa K003062602 No
West, O. [1716] South Africa K003062599 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15256] South Africa K003062574 No
Moll, E.J. [1385] South Africa K003062588 No
Acocks [13872] South Africa K003062578 No
Du Toit, P.C.V. [672] South Africa K003062609 No
West, O. [1662] South Africa K003062596 No
McCallum Webster, M. [N426] South Africa K003062603 No
Manning, J.; Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15924] South Africa K003062614 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16248] South Africa K003062616 No
McCallum Webster, M. [N436] South Africa K003062592 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15616] South Africa K003062617 No
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2324] South Africa K003062615 No
Du Toit, P.C.V. [706] South Africa K003062572 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [14892] South Africa K003062576 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16853] South Africa K003062585 No
West, O. [1632] South Africa K003062597 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16244] South Africa K003062613 No

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0