Dupontia fisheri
| Tundragrass | |
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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: | Dupontia R.Br. |
| Species: | D. fisheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Dupontia fisheri | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dupontia is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]
- Species[1]
The only known species is Dupontia fisheri, common name tundragrass.[6] It is native to northern Canada (Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, + the 3 Arctic Territories), plus Alaska, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia (Asian + European).[1][7]
- formerly included[1]
see Arctodupontia, Graphephorum
- Dupontia cooleyi – Graphephorum melicoides
- Dupontia × scleroclada – ×Arctodupontia scleroclada
References
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Brown, Robert. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana. A list of plants collected in Melville Island , by the officers of the expedition: with characters and descriptions of the new species 32–33
- ^ Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dal’nego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad
- ^ Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
- ^ Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 2: 1-362. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- ^ US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Dupontia R. Br., tundragrass
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora