Festuca caprina
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440306e4ec50904600872 |
| Scientific name | Festuca caprina |
| Authority | Nees |
| First published in | Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. : 443 (1841) |
Description Top
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Festuca caprina is a type of grass found in various regions of Africa, including Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It belongs to the Poaceae family and is commonly known as "goat fescue." This species is native to these areas and is an important part of the local ecosystem.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Festuca caprina var. irrasa | Stapf | Fl. Cap. 7: 720. 1900 |
| Festuca nubigena subsp. caprina | (Nees) St.-Yves | Rev. Bretonne Bot. Pure Appl. 2: 79. 1927 (1927) |
| Festuca nubigena var. longiaristata | St.-Yves | Rev. Bretonne Bot. Pure Appl. 2: 79. 1927 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
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East Tropical Africa
- Tanzania
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South Tropical Africa
- Malawi
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
- Cape Provinces
- Free State
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Lesotho
- Northern Provinces
- Swaziland
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East Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000870060 |
| Tropicos | 25523408 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:402527-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-414741 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 3950141 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 2056043 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0200002191 |
| IPNI | 402527-1 |
| iNaturalist | 585880 |
| GBIF | 4126856 |
| EOL | 5809818 |
| USDA GRIN | 16642 |
| Wikipedia | Festuca_caprina |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Success in restoring native plant communities on kimberlite mining dumps in the Afro‐alpine Drakensberg region of Lesotho | Ntloko BR, Mokotjomela TM, Mphafi SP, Siebert SJ | Ecol Evol | 12-Mar-2024 |
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| Does shrub encroachment reduce foraging grass abundance through plant-plant competition in Lesotho mountain rangelands? | Root-Bernstein M, Hoag C | PeerJ | 12-Aug-2022 |
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| Medicinal plants with anti-inflammatory activities from selected countries and regions of Africa | Oguntibeju OO | J Inflamm Res | 07-Aug-2018 |
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| In public collections | 0 |