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Phippsia (Poaceae)

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Phippsia algida

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Coleanthinae
Genus: Phippsia
Species: P. algida – P. concinna – P. wilczekii

Name

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Phippsia (Trin.) R.Br., Chlor. Melvill.: 27 (1823)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Vilfa subg. Phippsia Trin., Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 37. (1821)
      • Type species: Agrostis algida Sol.
      • Lectotype designated by Hitchcock, A. S. 1920. The genera of grasses of the United States. U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-23) 772: 132.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regionalː Subarctic & NW. Argentina, India
      • Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northwest, British Columbia, Colorado, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, India, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Montana, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Svalbard, Sweden, West Siberia, Wyoming, Yakutiya, Yukon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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  • Brown, R. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana. A list of Plants collected in Melville Island (Latitude 74°–75° N, Longitude 110°–112° W), in the year of 1820; by the officers of the voyage discovery under the orders of Captain Parry. 52 pp., W. Clowes, London. BHL Reference page27
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Vernacular names

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  • English: Ice or Snow Grass
  • suomi: Tunturihilvet
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