Phippsia
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Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.[1]
The genus is named in honour of Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792[2] a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as ice grass or snow grass.
- Phippsia algida[7][8] - 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), United States (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado)
- Phippsia concinna[9] - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia)
- Phippsia wilczekii[10] - Mendoza Province in Argentina
- formerly included[3]
numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia
References
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- ↑ Brown, Robert. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana 27
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- ↑ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ The Plant List search for Phippsia
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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