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A taxonomic revision of Festuca fontqueri Saint-Yves, a species of Festuca Sect. Bovinae Fries [Subgenus Schedonorus (P. Beauv.) Peterm.] that has been repeatedly misnamed and misinterpreted in the literature, is provided here. Its taxonomic identity and nomenclatural status are established. A detai1ed description of the plant, based on updated morphoanatomical data from fresh and herbaria materials, is given. The species is distributed in the Rif and in the Atlas mountain ranges; its putative presence in Middle Asia could not be confirmed