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Festuca aloha

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Species of plant

Festuca aloha
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Festuca
Species: F. aloha
Binomial name
Festuca aloha
Catalán, Soreng, & P.M.Peterson

Festuca aloha, also known as the aloha fescue, is a species of grass in the genus Festuca. This species is accepted and it appears to be endemic to Hawaii. This species seems to be critically endangered. Two forms of this species have been described.

  • Festuca aloha f. aloha
  • Festuca aloha f. molokaiensis

References

  1. Tangalin, N. (2015). "Festuca aloha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T80232566A80232570. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. "Festuca aloha". iNaturalist.
  3. Catalán, Pilar; Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M. (2009). "Festuca Aloha and F. Molokaiensis (Poaceae: Loliinae), Two New Species from Hawai'i". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 3 (1): 51–58. JSTOR 41972126.
Taxon identifiers
Festuca aloha
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