Festuca benthamiana Vickery (1939:13)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Festuca duriuscula var. aristata Benth. in Fl. Austral. 7: 664 (1878)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1851 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:17)
Rediscovered in 1988 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:17)
Distribution
South Australia & Victoria, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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