Deschampsia P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 91 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subarctic & Subantarctic to Temp.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Antarctica, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Crozet Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Heard-McDonald Is., Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lesser Sunda Is., Macquarie Is., Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, South Georgia, South Sandwich Is., Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Brazil South, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Lesotho, Society Is., South Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Ess. Agrost. 91 (1812)
  • F.T.A. 10: 89 (1937).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ess. Agrost.: 91 (1812)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2004 Milbraed, G.W.J. [10910] Cameroon K000307883 Syntype Yes
Nov 1, 1967 Whitemore, B.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000674147 Yes
Taquet, T. [1884] Korea K000808816 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3802] Nepal K001117239 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reitz [2592] Brazil K001101067 Yes
Philippi [659] Chile K000308348 Type Yes
Smith, L.B. [15803] Brazil K001101065 Yes
Lechler [723] Chile K000307871 Isotype Yes
Jolinon, J.C. [773] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001634740 Yes
Smith, L.B. [15808] Brazil K001101068 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [78261] Brazil K001101057 Yes
Christophersen; Mejland [549a] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000298695 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K000808969 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wace, N.M. [T220] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000298697 Yes
Christophersen; Mejland [531] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000298702 Yes
Palmer, E. [231] United States K000808933 Type Yes
Dickson, L.H. [120] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000298648 Yes
Christophersen; Mejland [1105] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000298643 Yes
Philippi [s.n.] Chile K000308349 Type Yes
Sauffer, S.M. [21011994] Brazil K001101070 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [763] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K000975167 Type Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3590] Brazil K001101069 Yes
Christophersen; Mejland [551] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000298644 Yes
Christophersen; Mejland [826] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000298699 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [30762] Brazil K001101059 Yes
Smith, L.B. [15713] Brazil K001101060 Yes
Smith, L.B. [15541] Brazil K001101062 Yes
Smith, L.B. [15884] Brazil K001101064 Yes
Schimper [555] Ethiopia K000345024 Unknown Type Material Yes
Komarov, V.L. [s.n.] Russia K000808821 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macrae, L.J. [s.n.] United States K000808947 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beechey, F.W. [s.n.] Canada K000808972 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000308347 Type Yes
Hatschbach, G. [15016] Brazil K001101058 Yes
Barbosa, E. [1000] Brazil K001101071 Yes
Smith, L.B. [15797] Brazil K001101066 Yes
Hulten, E. [7013] United States K000808937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3802] Nepal K001117240 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nelson, E. [430] United States K000808934 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, L.B. [13371] Brazil K001101063 Yes
Gremmen, N.J.M. [T070514] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000649149 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greenland K000808971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fishlock; Hancock [139] Uganda K000345022 Type Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [s.n.] United States K000808944 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simmons, H.G. [4267] Canada K000808936 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000808973 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [1330] Ethiopia K000345025 Unknown Type Material Yes
Taquet, T. [1816] Korea K000808815 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eights, J. [2] Antarctica K000307868 Type Yes
Eights, J. [2] Antarctica K000951548 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D. [10] Falkland Islands K000307869 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K000808974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hatschbach, G. [28361] Brazil K001101061 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8885] Nepal K001131773 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beverly [s.n.] Canada K000808968 Unknown Type Material Yes
Abbe, E.C.; Abbe, L.B. [3876] Canada K000808935 Paratype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000808822 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richardson, J. [80] K000808970 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0