Calamagrostis lapponica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Calamagrostis
Species:
C. lapponica
Binomial name
Calamagrostis lapponica
(Wahlenb.) Hartman
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Arundo confinis Willd.
  • Arundo lapponica Wahlenb.
  • Calamagrostis alaskana Kearney
  • Calamagrostis confinis (Willd.) P. Beauv.
  • Calamagrostis gorodkovii V.N. Vassil.
  • Calamagrostis henriettae Petrov
  • Calamagrostis lancea Ohwi
  • Calamagrostis lapponica subsp. sibirica (Petrov) Tzvelev
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. gorodkowii Litv. ex Krylov
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. groenlandica Lange
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. nearctica A.E. Porsild
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. opima Hartm.
  • Calamagrostis neglecta var. confinis (Willd.) Beal
  • Calamagrostis pseudolapponica V.N. Vassil.
  • Calamagrostis sibirica Petrov
  • Deyeuxia confinis (Willd.) Kunth
  • Deyeuxia lapponica (Wahlenb.) Kunth

Calamagrostis lapponica, the Lappland reedgrass, is a grass species native to colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It has been reported from Scandinavia, Russia, Greenland, Alaska, and every Canadian province and territory except the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Calamagrostis lapponica is an herb growing up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. It spreads by means of short underground rhizomes. Panicle is up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, frequently purple.[11][12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosud. Rast. SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad.
  4. ↑ Soreng, R. J. & C. W. Greene. 2003. Calamagrostis. 48: 191–227. In R. J. Soreng, P. M. Peterson, G. Davidse, E. J. Judziewicz, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras & O. N. Morrone (eds.) Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  5. ↑ Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad.
  6. ↑ Kearney, Thomas Henry, Jr. Bulletin, Division of Agrostology United States Department of Agriculture 11: 32. 1898.
  7. ↑ Ohwi, Jisaburo. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 2: 162. 1933.
  8. ↑ Böcher, T. W. 1978. Greenlands Flora 326 pp.
  9. ↑ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
  10. ↑ Tolmatchev, A. I. 1964. Gramineae. Arkticheskaia Flora SSSR 2: 1–274.
  11. ↑ photograph of isotype of Arundo lapponica (=Calamagrostis lapponica) at Missouri Botanical Garden
  12. ↑ University of Saskatchewan Virtual Herbarium
  13. ↑ Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. Révision des Graminées 1: 76. 1829.
  14. ↑ Wahlenberg, Georg (Göran). Flora Lapponica 27, pl. 1. 1812.
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