Festuca luciarum
{{Short description|Species of grass in New Zealand}}
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| image = Festuca luciarum Connor (AM AK200090).jpg
| image_caption = Holotype from the Auckland War Memorial Museum Herbarium
| taxon = Festuca luciarum
| authority = Connor
| status = NU
| status_system = NZTCS
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Festuca luciarum is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand, found in the eastern North Island at higher altitudes.
Taxonomy and naming
File:Lucy Moore and Lucy Cranwell at Maungapohatu.jpg and Lucy Moore on their field trip to Maungapohatu in 1932]]
The species was first formally described in 1998 by Henry Connor, based on specimens collected by botanists Lucy Cranwell and Lucy Moore from Maungapohatu in Te Urewera in 1932.{{citeQ|Q130242302}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_naturalsciences-object-363452 |title=Festuca luciarum |website=Auckland War Memorial Museum |access-date=6 September 2024}} Connor named the species after both Cranwell and Moore.{{citeQ|Q124313556}}
The species is closely related to the species Festuca coxii, Festuca multinodis and Festuca ultramafica, which form the Neozeylandic clade II of Loliinae grasses.{{citeQ|Q130242398}}{{citeQ|Q48075292}}
Description
Habitat and range
The species is endemic to New Zealand,{{cite web|url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/codium-cranwelliae/ |title=Codium cranwelliae |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |access-date=5 September 2024}} found in the inland areas of the eastern North Island, at an elevation of between {{cvt|900-1500|m}}.
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Category:Endemic flora of New Zealand