Festuca incurva
Genus of grasses
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Festuca incurva is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native from the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Pakistan.[1] When placed in the monotypic genus Psilurus as Psilurus incurvus, it was the only species.[2]
| Festuca incurva | |
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| B (right): illustration as Psilurus nardoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Festuca |
| Species: | F. incurva |
| Binomial name | |
| Festuca incurva (Gouan) Gutermann[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
The species was first described by Antoine Gouan in 1762 as Nardus incurva.[3] In 1913, it was transferred to the genus Psilurus as the only species Psilurus incurvus. In 2014, it was transferred to Festuca, the placement accepted by Plants of the World Online as of November 2024[update].[1]
Distribution
Festuca incurva has a widespread distribution. It is native to southwestern Europe (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, France, Portugal, Sardinia and Spain), southeastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Crete, Romania, Sicily, European Turkey and the former Yugoslavia), North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia), Western Asia (Afghanistan, Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine and Turkey), the Caucasus, Crimea, Pakistan, and Central Asia (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). It has been introduced into Germany and parts of Australia.[1]