Vahlodea

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Vahlodea
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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 [1]
  • Aira alpinaVahl
  • Aira atropurpureaWahlenb.
  • Aira atropurpurea var. magellanica(Hook.f.) Skottsb.
  • Aira latifoliaHook.
  • Aira magellanicaHook.f.
  • Avena atropurpurea(Wahlenb.) Link
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea(Wahlenb.) Scheele
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. minorVasey
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. paramushirensisKudô
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea subsp. paramushirensis(Kudô) T.Koyama
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea var. payettiiLepage
  • Deschampsia brachyphyllaPhil.
  • Deschampsia hookerianaScribn.
  • Deschampsia latifolia(Hook.) Vasey
  • Deschampsia pacificaTatew. & Ohwi
  • Erioblastus paramushirensis(Kudô) Honda
  • Holcus atropurpureus(Wahlenb.) Wahlenb.
  • Vahlodea atropurpurea subsp. latifolia(Hook.) A.E.Porsild
  • Vahlodea atropurpurea var. patentissimaHultén
  • Vahlodea latifolia(Hook.) Hultén
  • Vahlodea latifolia subsp. paramushirensis(Kudô) Elven
  • Vahlodea magellanica(Hook.f.) Tzvelev
  • Vahlodea paramushirensis(Kudô) Roshev.

Vahlodea is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Vahlodea atropurpurea(Wahlenb.) Fr. [2]

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). [2]

The genus name of Vahlodea is in honour of Jens Vahl (1796–1854), a Danish botanist and pharmacist. [3] The Latin specific epithet of atropurpurea means "dark-purple coloured". [4] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Bot. Not. (1842) Vol.141 on page 178 in 1842. [2]

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. [5]

It was thought to be a synonym of Deschampsia P. Beauv., [6] [7] but a 2007 molecular phylogenetic study supported the recognition of Avenella and Vahlodea. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vahlodea Fr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
  5. 1 2 "Species of Vahlodea Fr". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  7. ↑ Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2
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