Vahlodea atropurpurea

Vahlodea atropurpurea

Vahlodea atropurpurea

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: Holcinae
Genus: Vahlodea
Species: Vahlodea atropurpurea

Name

Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. ex Hartm., 1843

• Type locality: "Lapponiae passim copiose…in Enare juxta Jvalojoki et Sotajoki", Finland
• Lectotype: G. Wahlenberg s.n. (UPS; isolectotypes LE, BAA)
  • Designated by Moberg & Nilsson (1991; Nordic J. Bot. 11:293).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aira atropurpurea Wahlenb., 1812 (Fl. Lapp.:37)
• Homotypic
  • Holcus atropurpureus (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb., 1826 (Sv. bot. (Palmstr.):pl. 687)
    • Not "Svensk Bot. Tidskr." as found in Chiapella & Zuloaga (2010:145) and TROPICOS (IPNI has the misleading abbreviation "Svensk Bot.").
  • Avena atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Link, 1827 (Hort. Berol. 1:119)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Scheele, 1844 (Flora 27:56)
• Heterotypic
  • Aira alpina Vahl in G.C.Oeder & al. (eds.), Fl. Dan.: t. 961 (1790), nom. illeg.
  • Aira atropurpurea var. magellanica (Hook.f.) Skottsb. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 56(5): 174 (1916)
  • Aira latifolia Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 243 (1840)
  • Aira pinkeneyi Fr. in Bot. Not. 1842: 141 (1842)
• Aira magellanica Hook.f., 1846 (Bot. Antarct. Voy., 1, Fl. Antarct. 2:376)
  • • Type locality: Port Famine, Chile
    • Holotype: James Anderson King s.n. (K; fragment BAA)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. latifolia (Hook.) Scribn. ex Macoun in Cat. Canad. Pl. 2(4): 209 (1888)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. minor Vasey in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 48 (1888)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea f. multiflora Holmb. in Bot. Not. 1926: 181 (1926)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. paramushirensis Kudô in J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 11: 71 (1922)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea subsp. paramushirensis (Kudô) T.Koyama in Grass. Japan: 499 (1987)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. patentissima (Hultén) G.P.Anderson in Iowa State J. Sci. 18: 408 (1944)
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. payettii Lepage in Naturaliste Canad. 103: 389 (1976)
  • Deschampsia brachyphylla Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 94: 23 (1897)
  • Deschampsia hookeriana Scribn. in Bot. Gaz. 11: 97 (1886)
  • Deschampsia latifolia (Hook.) Vasey in Grass. U.S.: 53 (1883), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia pacifica Tatew. & Ohwi in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 36: 97 (1934)
  • Erioblastus paramushirensis (Kudô) Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 215 (1931)
  • Vahlodea atropurpurea subsp. latifolia (Hook.) A.E.Porsild in Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 121: 86 (1951)
  • Vahlodea atropurpurea subsp. magellanica (Hook.f.) Hyl. in Bot. Not. 1953: 356 (1953)
  • Vahlodea atropurpurea subsp. paramushirensis (Kudô) Hultén in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 5(1): 111 (1927)
  • Vahlodea atropurpurea var. patentissima Hultén in Fl. Alaska Yukon: 181 (1942)
  • Vahlodea latifolia (Hook.) Hultén in Fl. Aleutian Isl.: 83 (1937)
  • Vahlodea latifolia subsp. paramushirensis (Kudô) Elven in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 435 (2008)
  • Vahlodea magellanica (Hook.f.) Tzvelev in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 22: 68 (1963)
  • Vahlodea paramushirensis (Kudô) Roshev. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 750 (1934)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː Subarctic to Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Argentina South, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado, Finland, Greenland, Idaho, Japan, Kamchatka, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Sweden, Taiwan, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fries, E. 1842. Botaniska Notiser: 178.

Additional references

• Hartman, Carl Johan. (1843) Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 4:30.
• Chiapella, J. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2010. A Revision of Deschampsia, Avenella, and Vahlodea (Poaceae, Poeae, Airinae) in South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(2): 141–162. DOI: 10.3417/2008115 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• R.J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P.M. Peterson, F.O. Zuloaga, E.J. Judziewicz, T.S. Filgueiras, O. Morrone & K. Romaschenko (2015). "A World-wide Phylogenetic Classification of Poaceae (Gramineae)." Jnl of Sytematics Evolution, 53: 117-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12150
• Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Davidse, G., Teisher, J.K., Clark, L.G., Barberá, P., Gillespie, L.J. and Zuloaga, F.O. (2017), A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications. Jnl of Sytematics Evolution, 55: 259-290. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12262</ref>

Links

• Tropicos.org 2025. Vahlodea atropurpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 December 2025. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Vahlodea atropurpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Vahlodea atropurpurea. Published online. Accessed: December 02 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• suomi: Lapinlauha

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