''Phippsia'' is a
genus of
Arctic and
alpine plants in the
grass family
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.
The genus is named in honour of
Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792 a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as ice grass or snow grass.
; Species
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* '']Phippsia algida
''Phippsia'' is a genus of Arctic and Alpine tundra, alpine plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
The genus is named in honour of Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792 a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as ...
'' - Scandinavia (incl Iceland + Svalbard), Russia (northern European Russia
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, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, Yakutia, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk
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, Magadan
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History
Maga ...
), Greenland, Canada (3 Arctic territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Labrador), United States (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado)
* ''Phippsia concinna'' - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia
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)
* ''Phippsia wilczekii''[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: ''Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia''
References
Pooideae
Poaceae genera
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