Vahlodea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Poodae |
Tribe: | Poeae |
Subtribe: | Holcinae |
Genus: | Vahlodea Fr. |
Species: | V. atropurpurea |
Binomial name | |
Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. | |
Synonyms | |
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Vahlodea is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr.
Its native range is the subarctic (such as Greenland), to temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. From (Europe within; Finland, North European Russia, Norway and Sweden,) to Asia within (Japan, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Magadan and Taiwan,) and in North America (within the Canadian provinces of; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec and Yukon and within the USA states of; Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming,) and also southern South America (within Argentina and Chile).
The genus name of Vahlodea is in honour of Jens Vahl (1796–1854), a Danish botanist and pharmacist. The Latin specific epithet of atropurpurea means "dark-purple coloured". Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Bot. Not. (1842) Vol.141 on page 178 in 1842.
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, and they list Vahlodea atropurpurea as the known species.
It was thought to be a synonym of Deschampsia P. Beauv., but a 2007 molecular phylogenetic study supported the recognition of Avenella and Vahlodea.
References
- "Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Vahlodea Fr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ^ "Species of Vahlodea Fr". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2
Taxon identifiers | |
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Vahlodea | |
Vahlodea atropurpurea |
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- Pooideae
- Monotypic Poaceae genera
- Plants described in 1842
- Flora of Northern Europe
- Flora of North European Russia
- Flora of the Russian Far East
- Flora of Japan
- Flora of Taiwan
- Flora of Subarctic America
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of Eastern Canada
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of Maine
- Flora of New Hampshire
- Flora of New York (state)
- Flora of South Argentina
- Flora of central Chile
- Flora of southern Chile