Phippsia
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Phippsia
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Vilfa subg. Phippsia Trin. |
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Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.[2]
The genus is named in honour of Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792[3] a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as "Ice grass" or "Snow grass".
- Phippsia algida[8][9] - Scandinavia (incl Iceland + Svalbard), Russia (northern European Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, Yakutia, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan), Greenland, Canada (3 Arctic territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Labrador), USA (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado)
- Phippsia concinna[10] - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia)
- Phippsia wilczekii[11] - Mendoza Province in Argentina
- formerly included[4]
numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Phippsia (Trin.) R. Br.
- ↑ Brown, Robert. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana 27
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ The Plant List search for Phippsia
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 20013 county distribution maps
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