Deschampsia antarctica

Deschampsia antarctica

Taxonavigation

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: Aristaveninae
Genus: Deschampsia
Species: Deschampsia antarctica

Name

Deschampsia antarctica E.Desv., Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 338. (1854) nom. nov.

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

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Aira antarctica Hook.f., 1838 (Icon. Pl. 2:pl. 150), nom. illeg. non Aira antarctica G.Forst., 1786 (=Koeleria antarctica (G.Forst.) Barberá, Quintanar, Soreng & P.M.Peterson, Phytoneuron 2019-46: 4. (2019))
  • 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 antarctica f. breviaristata Hack., 1900 (in Dusén, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Exped. Magellansl. 1895-1897 5:221), nom. nud.
  • Deschampsia henrardii Kloos, Blumea, Suppl. 3: 24 (1946)
  • Deschampsia elegantula (Steud.) Parodi, 1949 (Darwiniana 8:452)

References

• Desvaux, E. 1854. "Gramineas." In Claude Gay, ed. Flora Chilena 6:233–469;338.
• 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 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Deschampsia antarctica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Apr. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Deschampsia antarctica. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 15 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Antarctic Hairgrass
Esperanto: Antarkta hargreso
suomi: Etelämantereenlauha

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