Phippsia

Ice grass
Snow grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Phippsia
R.Br.
Type species
Phippsia algida
(Sol.) R.Br.
Synonyms[1]

Vilfa subg. Phippsia Trin.

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".

Species[4][5][6][7]
  1. 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), United States (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado)
  2. Phippsia concinna[10] - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia)
  3. Phippsia wilczekii[11] - Mendoza Province in Argentina
formerly included[4]

numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Phippsia (Trin.) R. Br.
  2. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana 27
  3. ↑ "Phipps, Constantine John (1744-1792)". International Plant Names Index. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Phippsia
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 20013 county distribution maps
  8. ↑ "Phippsia algida". The Flora of Svalbard. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Phippsia algida". Poaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 2001. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Phippsia concinna". The Flora of Svalbard. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "Phippsia wilczekii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.


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