× 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Genus: | × Arctodupontia Tzvelev |
| Species: | × A. scleroclada
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| Binomial name | |
| × Arctodupontia scleroclada (Rupr.) Tzvelev
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tzvelev, Nikolai Nikolaievich. 1973. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshchikh Rastenii 10: 91
- ^ Tropicos, × Arctodupontia Tzvelev
- ^ Soreng, R. J. 2003. × Arctodupontia. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48: 117