Festuca griffithiana (St.-Yves) Krivot.

First published in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 70 (1955)
This name is a synonym of Lolium karatavicum

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Memariani, F. & Arjmandi, A.A. (2013). Festuca karatavica (Poaceae), a new grass record for the flora of Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany 19: 57-61. [Cited as Festuca karatavica.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Festuca griffithiana.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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