Agrostis mertensii

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Agrostidinae
Genus: Agrostis
Species: Agrostis mertensii

Name[edit]

Agrostis mertensii Trin. , Linnaea 10: 302. 1836.

Synonyms[edit]

Homotypic
- Agrostis canina var. mertensii (Trin.) Hartm., Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl.: 13. 1846.
- Agrostis laxiflora var. mertensii (Trin.) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 442. 1852.
Heterotypic
- Agrostis rubra L., Sp. Pl. 1: 62. 1753, provisionally listed as a synonym.
  - Trichodium rubrum (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 281. 1817.
- Agrostis rubra var. mutica Wahlenb., Fl. Suec. 1: 40. 1824.
- Agrostis canina var. alpina Oakes, Cat. Vermont Pl.: 32. 1842, nom. nud.
- Agrostis borealis Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 4: 23. 1843.
- Agrostis concinna Tuck., Mag. Hort. Bot. 9: 143. 1843.
  - Trichodium concinnum (Tuck.) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot., ed. 2a: 600. 1847.
- Agrostis pickeringii Tuck., Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 42. 1843.
- Agrostis pickeringii var. rupicola Tuck., Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 42. 1843.
- Aira labradorica Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 220. 1854.
- Agrostis compressa Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 27. 1878, nom. illeg.
- Agrostis rubra var. breviaristata Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenland. 1: 158. 1880.
- Agrostis surculifera Royer, Fl. Côte d' Or 1: 573. 1881.
- Agrostis alpestris Laest. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 802. 1882, pro syn.
- Agrostis rubra var. americana Scribn. in J.Macoun, Cat. Canad. Pl. 2(5): 391. 1890.
- Agrostis novae-angliae Vasey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 76. 1892, nom. illeg.
- Agrostis rubra var. alpina MacMill., Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 65. 1892.
- Agrostis canina var. tenella Torr., Fl. New York 2: 443. 1893.
- Agrostis poeppigiana Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94: 13. 1896.
- Agrostis williamsii Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94: 12. 1897.
- Agrostis paludosa Scribn., Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 11: 49. 1898.
- Agrostis bakeri Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 532. 1909.
- Agrostis borealis var. macrantha Eames, Rhodora 11: 88. 1909.
- Agrostis viridissima Kom., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 85. 1914.
- Agrostis borealis var. volcanorum Kom., Fl. Kamtschatka 1: 144. 1927.
- Agrostis borealis var. americana (Scribn.) Fernald, Rhodora 35: 205. 1933.
- Agrostis borealis f. macrantha (Eames) Fernald, Rhodora 35: 205. 1933.
- Agrostis borealis var. paludosa (Scribn.) Fernald, Rhodora 35: 207. 1933.
- Agrostis borealis var. typica Fernald, Rhodora 35: 204. 1933, nom. inval.
- Agrostis borealis var. bakeri (Rydb.) Koji Ito, J. Geobot. 9: 68. 1961.
- Agrostis borealis subsp. viridissima (Kom.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8: 62. 1971.
- Agrostis mertensii subsp. borealis (Hartm.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 90. 1973.
- Agrostis idahoensis var. bakeri (Rydb.) W.A.Weber, Phytologia 58: 382. 1985.
- Agrostis mertensii f. macrantha (Eames) Cay., Naturaliste Canad. 113: 331. 1986.

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Trinius, C.B. v. 1836. Graminum in America calidiore ab E. Poeppig lectorum pugillus primus. Linnaea 10: 291–308. BHL

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Agrostis mertensii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Agrostis mertensii. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 15 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agrostis mertensii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 12 Apr. 2006.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Northern Bentgrass
suomi: Pohjanrölli
svenska: Fjällven

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