Species: Lolium arundinaceum
Kentucky Fescue
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Lolium
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Tall Fescue - tall fescue
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Lolium - Kentucky fescue, or tall meadow fescue, is usually treated as Festuca arundinacea, although treated as Lolium arundinaceum by Kartesz (1999). A proposal to conserve the name Schedonorus arundinaceus would allow the same epithet to be used if this grass is classified in that genus (Soreng et al., Taxon 50: 915-917, 2001); otherwise, its name would be S. phoenix. The name Festuca elatior, sometimes considered to apply to this species, has been formally rejected nomenclaturally. LEM 16Oct01.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
GNR
Global Status Last Changed
1994-03-22
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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