Arctagrostis latifolia

Arctagrostis latifolia, the wideleaf polargrass, is a widespread species of grass (family Poaceae), with a circumpolar distribution in the high Arctic.[1][2] It is a tetraploid with chromosome number 2n = 4x = 28.[3]

Arctagrostis latifolia
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Arctagrostis
Species:
A. latifolia
Binomial name
Arctagrostis latifolia
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Arctagrostis anadyrensis V.N.Vassil.
    • Arctagrostis aristulata Petrov
    • Arctagrostis glauca Petrov
    • Arctagrostis latifolia var. aristulata (Petrov) Tzvelev
    • Arctagrostis latifolia var. gigantea (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
    • Arctagrostis latifolia var. longiglumis Polunin
    • Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. nahanniensis A.E.Porsild
    • Arctagrostis stricta Petrov
    • Cinna brownii Rupr.
    • Colpodium latifolium R.Br.
    • Panicularia latifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze
    • Vilfa xerampelina Trin.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Arctagrostis latifolia (R.Br.) Griseb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Arctagrostis latifolia (R. Br.) Griseb. wideleaf polargrass". USDA Plants Database. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ Amosova, Alexandra V.; Zoshchuk, Svyatoslav A.; Rodionov, Alexander V.; Ghukasyan, Lilit; Samatadze, Tatiana E.; Punina, Elizaveta O.; Loskutov, Igor G.; Yurkevich, Olga Yu.; Muravenko, Olga V. (2019). "Molecular cytogenetics of valuable Arctic and sub-Arctic pasture grass species from the Aveneae/Poeae tribe complex (Poaceae)". BMC Genetics. 20 (1): 92. doi:10.1186/s12863-019-0792-2. PMC 6894191. PMID 31801460.