Puccinellia phryganodes

Puccinellia phryganodes

Taxonavigation

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: Puccinellia
Species: Puccinellia phryganodes

Name

Puccinellia phryganodes (Trin.) Scribn. & Merr., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 78 (1910)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Atropis phryganodes (Trin.) Steffen in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 44(2): 330 (1928)
  • Glyceria phryganodes (Trin.) Fr. in Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3(Add.): 176 (1843)
  • Phippsia phryganodes (Trin.) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 500 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Poa phryganodes Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 389 (1830)
• Heterotypic
  • Atropis geniculata V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 759 (1934)
  • Atropis vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) K.Richt. in Pl. Eur. 1: 92 (1890)
  • Catabrosa vilfoidea Andersson ex Malme in Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 19: 254 (1862)
  • Glyceria vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Th.Fr. in Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 26(2): 139 (1869 publ. 1870)
  • Phippsia neoarctica Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 499 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Phippsia vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 501 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Phippsia vilfoidea subsp. beringensis Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 501 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Phippsia vilfoidea subsp. sibirica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 501 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Poa geniculata V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 471 (1934), pro syn.
  • Puccinellia ambigua T.J.Sørensen in Meddel. Grønland 136(3): 64 (1953)
  • Puccinellia asiatica Czerep. in Sosud. Rast. SSSR: 379 (1981)
  • Puccinellia distans f. ambigua (T.J.Sørensen) B.Boivin in Naturaliste Canad. 94: 527 (1967)
  • Puccinellia geniculata (V.I.Krecz.) Hultén in Fl. Alaska Yukon: 1715 (1950)
  • Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. asiatica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Tzvelev in Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 2: 186 (1964)
  • Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. geniculata (V.I.Krecz.) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8: 77 (1971)
  • Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. neoarctica (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Elven in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 435 (2008)
  • Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. sibirica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Elven in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 435 (2008)
  • Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Tzvelev in Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 2: 186 (1964)
  • Puccinellia vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 114: 35 (1961)
  • Puccinellia vilfoidea subsp. beringensis (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Czerep. in Vasc. Pl. Russia & Adj. States: 391 (1995)
  • Puccinellia vilfoidea subsp. sibirica Hadac ex Á.Löve in Bot. Not. 114: 36 (1961)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː Subarctic Alaska, Aleutian Is., Finland, Greenland, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Sakhalin, Svalbard, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scribn. & Merr., 1910. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Institution 13:78.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Puccinellia phryganodes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Puccinellia phryganodes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 November 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Puccinellia phryganodes. Published online. Accessed: November 27 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Puccinellia phryganodes in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• suomi: Rönsysorsimo

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