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Festuca pratensis  HUDS.

Fam.: Poaceae / Grass Fam.

Synon.:  Schedonorus pratensis  (HUDS.) P.BEAUV.,  Lolium pratense  (HUDS.) DARBYSH.

Genus:  Festuca  L.,  Schedonorus  P.BEAUV.,  Lolium  L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	P.BEAUV.:		Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois (1752 - 1820), French naturalist
	DARBYSH.:		Stephen J. DARBYSHIRE (1953 - ), Canadian botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Festuca:		festuca = stalk
	pratensis:		growing on meadows
	Schedonorus:		schedon = near, oros = border
	Lolium:		Greek name for the Poison-Darnel Lolium temulentum, mentioned by Vergil and Pliny

Fig. 1:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Eberbach 11.5.2018

Fig. 2:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Eberbach 11.5.2018

Fig. 3:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Eberbach 11.5.2018

Fig. 4:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Odenwald, Grasellenbach 30.5.2014

Fig. 5:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Odenwald, Grasellenbach 30.5.2014

Fig. 6:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Odenwald, Grasellenbach 30.5.2014

Fig. 7:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Odenwald, Grasellenbach 30.5.2014

Fig. 8:  Festuca pratensis / Meadow Fescue D Odenwald, Grasellenbach 30.5.2014

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