Phippsia
Genus of grasses
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Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.[2]
| Phippsia | |
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| Phippsia algida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Coleanthinae |
| Genus: | Phippsia R.Br. |
| Type species | |
| Phippsia algida | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus is named in honour of Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792[3] a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as ice grass or snow grass.
- Phippsia algida[8][9] - Scandinavia (incl Iceland + Svalbard), Russia (northern European Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, Yakutia, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan), Greenland, Canada (3 Arctic territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Labrador), United States (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado)
- Phippsia concinna[10] - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia)
- Phippsia wilczekii[11] - Mendoza Province in Argentina
- formerly included[4]
numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia