Deschampsia
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Deschampsia is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass[3] or tussock grass. There are 30 to 40 species.
Deschampsia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Antler Moth, The Clay, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Common Wainscot, Dark Arches, Dusky Brocade, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Smoky Wainscot and Wall.
Deschampsia sometimes grow in boggy acidic formations, an example of which is the Portlethen Moss, Scotland. D. antarctica is the world's most southern monocot, and one of only two flowering plants of Antarctica.
Selected species
- Deschampsia antarctica E.Desv.
- Deschampsia bottnica (Kvarken area of the Gulf of Bothnia)
- Deschampsia brevifolia R.Br. – Bering Hairgrass, Melville Island Hairgrass
- Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. – Tufted Hairgrass
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. alpina (L.) Tzvelev
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. beringensis (Hultén) W.E.Lawr.
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. borealis (Trautv.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. holciformis (J. Presl) W.E.Lawr.
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. obensis (Roshev.) Tzvelev
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. orientalis Hultén
- Deschampsia danthonioides (Trin.) Munro – Annual Hairgrass
- Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro – Slender Hairgrass
- Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin
- Deschampsia koelerioides Regel
- Deschampsia laxa Phil.
- Deschampsia mackenzieana
- Deschampsia media (Gouan) Roem. & Schult.
- Deschampsia nubigena Hillebr. – Alpine Hairgrass
- Deschampsia pulchra Nees & C.A.Mey.
- Deschampsia reuteri Pilg.
- Deschampsia setacea (Huds.) Hack.
Formerly placed here
- Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. ex Hartm.(as D. atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Scheele)[4]
References
- ^ a b "Genus: Deschampsia P. Beauv". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
- ^ "Deschampsia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Deschampsia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
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