Deschampsia kingii

Deschampsia kingii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Aristaveninae
Genus: Deschampsia
Species: Deschampsia kingii

Name

Deschampsia kingii (Hook.f.) E.Desv., 1854

  • Type locality: "Port Famine" (Puerto Hambre), South part of Tierra del Fuego, Strait of Magellan, Chile
  • Lectotype: C. Darwin 546 (K; CGE)
    • Designated by Porter (1986; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 93:30).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Aira kingii Hook.f., 1846 (Bot. Antarct. Voy., 1, Fl. Antarct. 2:376)
  • Heterotypic
    • Aira elatior Steud., 1854 (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1:423)
      • Type locality: Sandy Point, Chile
      • Holotype: W. Lechler 1222 (P; isotype S; fragments BAA, US).
    • Trisetum dozei Franch., 1889 (Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Bot. 5:384), nom. superfl. pro Aira elatior Steud.
    • Aira grandiflora Nees ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 220 (1854), nom. illeg.
    • Deschampsia grandiflora B.D.Jacks. in Index Kew. 1: 67 (1893)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina South
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Chile Central, Chile South

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Desvaux, E. (1854)ˌ "Gramineas." In Claude Gay, ed. Flora Chilena 6:233–469;335.
  • Chiapella, Jorge; Fernando O. Zuloaga (2010). "A Revision of Deschampsia, Avenella, and Vahlodea (Poaceae, Poeae, Airinae) in South America". Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 97 (2): 141–162. DOI: 10.3417/2008115.
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