Festuca ovina

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q157885
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Summary

Festuca ovina is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (364 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Festuca[4]
  • Taxon name: Festuca ovina[5]
  • Subclass of: perennial plant[6], herbaceous plant[7]
  • Commons category: Festuca ovina[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Festuca ovina[9]
  • Commons gallery: Festuca ovina[10]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16688[12]
  • Short name: F. ovina[13]
  • Taxon common name: peiswellt y defaid[14], sheep fescue[15], Echter Schaf-Schwingel[16], Sheep's Fescue[17], Овчи виук[18], 羊茅[19], 草稃羊茅[20], Ruig en Zinkschapengras[21], kostřava ovčí[22], genaald schapengras[23], fétuque ovin[24], lampaannata[25], 酥油草[26], ovčja bilnica[27]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[28]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[29], (F. T. Wang & Tang) S. R. Zhang[30]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 125903[31], 125907[32], and 125906[33]. Festuca ovina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 98750[34]. Festuca ovina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1114410[35]. Festuca ovina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2704951[36]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 40804[37] and 565873[38].

Why It Matters

Festuca ovina has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species cataloging of vascular plants in Ningxia, northwestern China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 40804, 565873
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  2. 27d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)
    Taxon range → Beijing, People's Republic of China, Xinjiang +2
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