Arctagrostis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Hookerochloinae
Genus: Arctagrostis
Species: A. arundinacea – A. latifolia
Name

Arctagrostis Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 434 (1852)
Type species: Arctagrostis latifolia (R.Br.) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 434 (1852

References

Grisebach, A.H.R. (1852) Flora Rossica 4(13): 434.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Arctagrostis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page. 
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Arctagrostis. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
Tropicos.org 2013. Arctagrostis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Arctagrostis. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.

Vernacular names
suomi: Lapinhilvet

Arctagrostis is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family, native to colder parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.[4]

Species[5][6][7][8][9]

Arctagrostis arundinacea (Trin.) Beal - Siberia, Russian Far East, Alaska including Aleutians, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, British Columbia
Arctagrostis latifolia (R.Br.) Griseb. - Finland, Norway, Svalbard, European + Asiatic Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Alaska, Greenland, Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia, Labrador, Ontario, Québec)

formerly included[5]

see Dupontia

Arctagrostis humilis - Dupontia fisheri

See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1852. Flora Rossica 4(13): 434-435 in Latin
Tropicos, Arctagrostis Griseb.
1913 illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. - An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 201.
Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Arctagrostis
Tolmatchev, A. I. 1964. Gramineae. 2: 1–274. In A. I. Tolmatchew Arkticheskaia Flora SSSR
Böcher, T. W., K. Holmen & K. Jacobsen. 1968. Flora of Greenland (ed. 2) 312 pp

Fredskild, B. 1996. A phytogeographical study of the vascular plants of West Greenland (62°20'-74°00'N). BioScience 45: 1–157

External links

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora