× Arctodupontia

× Arctodupontia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Genus:
Tzvelev
Species:
× A. scleroclada
Binomial name
× Arctodupontia scleroclada
(Rupr.) Tzvelev
Synonyms[1]
  • Dupontia × scleroclada (Rupr.) Rupr.
  • Poa × scleroclada Rupr.

× Arctodupontia is a nothogenus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family.[2][3] The only known nothospecies is × Arctodupontia scleroclada, found in the colder regions of Eurasia and North America (Nunavut, Svalbard, Magadan, northern European Russia). It is believed to have originated as a hybrid of two other arctic grasses: Arctophila fulva × Dupontia fisheri.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Tzvelev, Nikolai Nikolaievich. 1973. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshchikh Rastenii 10: 91
  3. ^ Tropicos, × Arctodupontia Tzvelev
  4. ^ Soreng, R. J. 2003. × Arctodupontia. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48: 117


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