- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Puccinellia Parl.
Puccinellia phryganodes (Trin.) Scribn. & Merr.
- Genus: Puccinellia Parl.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Subarctic to E. Canada.
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes elongated. Culms 5-15 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5-1 mm long. Leaf-blades involute; 2-7 cm long; 1-1.5 mm wide.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; lanceolate; dense; 1.5-3 cm long. Primary panicle branches ascending, or spreading. Panicle branches smooth. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 3-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 5.7-8.4 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 2 mm long; smooth.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 3-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 5.7-8.4 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 2 mm long; smooth.
- Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume oblong; 1.5-2.5 mm long; 0.66 length of upper glume; chartaceous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume oblong; 2.5-4 mm long; 0.75 length of adjacent fertile lemma; chartaceous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex obtuse.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma ovate; 3.3-3.7 mm long; chartaceous; much thinner above; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma lateral veins stopping well short of apex. Lemma apex erose; obtuse. Palea 1 length of lemma; 2 -veined. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Flowers
- Anthers 3; 1.5-2 mm long. Ovary glabrous.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum punctiform.
- Distribution
- Europe: northern and eastern. Asia-temperate: Siberia and Soviet far east. North America: Subarctic, western Canada, and eastern Canada.
- Reference
- Poeae. Fl Alaska 1994.
Distribution
Native to:
Alaska, Aleutian Is., Finland, Greenland, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Sakhalin, Svalbard, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yukon
Synonyms
- Atropis geniculata V.I.Krecz.
- Atropis phryganodes (Trin.) Steffen
- Atropis vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) K.Richt.
- Glyceria vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Th.Fr.
- Phippsia neoarctica Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia phryganodes (Trin.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia vilfoidea subsp. beringensis Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia vilfoidea subsp. sibirica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa phryganodes Trin.
- Puccinellia ambigua T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia asiatica Czerep.
- Puccinellia distans f. ambigua (T.J.Sørensen) B.Boivin
- Puccinellia geniculata (V.I.Krecz.) Hultén
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. geniculata (V.I.Krecz.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. neoarctica (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Elven
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. sibirica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Elven
- Puccinellia vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Puccinellia vilfoidea subsp. beringensis (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Czerep.
- Puccinellia vilfoidea subsp. sibirica Hadac ex Á.Löve
Other Data
Puccinellia phryganodes (Trin.) Scribn. & Merr. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 78 (1910)
Accepted by
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 2: 1-362. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dalnego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 2: 1-362. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
- Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dalnego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
- Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
Sources
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0