Deschampsia antarctica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Genus: Deschampsia
Species: Deschampsia antarctica

Name

Deschampsia antarctica E.Desv., 1854, nom. nov.

• Type locality: "New South Shetland Islands, Antarctica"
• Holotype: Eights s.n. (K)

Synonyms

• Aira antarctica Hook.f., 1838 (Icon. Pl. 2:pl. 150), nom. illeg. non Aira antarctica G.Forst., 1786 (=Trisetum antarcticum (G.Forst.) Trin., 1830)
• Airidium elegantulum Steud., 1854 (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1:423)
  • Type locality: "Prope Punta Arenas", Chile
  • Holotype: W. Lechler 1220 (P; isotypes BAA, K; fragment US)
• Deschampsia fuegina Phil., 1896 (Anales Univ. Chile 94:23)
  • Type locality: "Hab. Fuegia Orientalis", Tierra del Fuego, Chile
  • Holotype: s.c. s.n. (SGO PHIL-208; isotype BAA; fragment US-556482)
• Deschampsia antarctica f. breviaristata Hack., 1900 (in Dusén, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Exped. Magellansl. 1895-1897 5:221), nom. nud
• Deschampsia elegantula (Steud.) Parodi, 1949 (Darwiniana 8:452)

References

• Desvaux, E. (1854) "Gramineas." In Claude Gay, ed. Fl. Chil. 6:233–469;338.
• Chiapella, Jorge; Fernando O. Zuloaga (2010). "A Revision of Deschampsia, Avenella, and Vahlodea (Poaceae, Poeae, Airinae) in South America". Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 97 (2): 141–162. doi: 10.3417/2008115.

Vernacular names

English: Antarctic hair grass