''Austrofestuca'', called beach fescue, is a
genus
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of
Australia
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n and
New Zealand
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plants in the
grass family
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.
[ The only accepted species is ''Austrofestuca littoralis'', native to seacoast regions in ]Australia
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) and New Zealand
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( North I, South I, and Chatham Is).[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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The genus used to include:[Alexeev, Eugeniy Borisovich. 1985. Bjulleten Moskovskogo Obačestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologičeskij 90(5): 106–107, f. 1, 22–31]
see ''Hookerochloa
''Hookerochloa'' is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
;Species
# ''Hookerochloa eriopoda'' (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
# ''Hookerochloa hookeriana'' (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) E.B.Alexeev - New South ...
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* ''Austrofestuca eriopoda'' – ''Hookerochloa eriopoda
''Hookerochloa'' is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
;Species
# ''Hookerochloa eriopoda'' (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
# ''Hookerochloa hookeriana'' (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) E.B.Alexeev - New South ...
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* ''Austrofestuca hookeriana'' – ''Hookerochloa hookeriana
''Hookerochloa'' is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
;Species
# ''Hookerochloa eriopoda'' (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
# ''Hookerochloa hookeriana'' (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) E.B.Alexeev - New South ...
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See also
* List of Poaceae genera
The true grasses ( Poaceae) are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos, and several i ...
References
Pooideae
Grasses of Oceania
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière
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