Festuca floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to western South America (Bolivia, Peru, northwestern Argentina and northern Chile).[1] When placed in the monotypic genus Dielsiochloa as Dielsiochloa floribunda, it was the only species.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Robert K. F. Pilger in 1906 as Trisetum floribundum.[3] It was transferred to the monotypic genus Dielsiochloa in 1943,[1] where it was the only species.[2] Molecular phylogenetic studies from 2007 onwards showed that the species was deeply embedded within a group of species of Festuca native to northern South America, being most closely related to Festuca cuzcoensis, and in 2018, it was transferred to the genus Festuca.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Festuca floribunda (Pilg.) P.M.Peterson, Soreng & Romasch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ a b "Search for 'Dielsiochloa'". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Festuca floribunda (Pilg.) P.M.Peterson, Soreng & Romasch". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ Peterson, P.M.; Soreng, R.J. & Romaschenko, K. (2018). "Festuca floribunda, a new combination for Dielsiochloa (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Loliodinae: Loliinae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 2018–32: 1–4. Retrieved 2024-11-20.