Vahlodea

Vahlodea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Holcinae
Genus:	Vahlodea; Fr.
Species:	V. atropurpurea
Binomial name
	Vahlodea atropurpurea; (Wahlenb.) Fr.
Synonyms
	Deschampsia latifolia Vahl ; Hultén Aira atropurpurea ; Wahlenb. Aira atropurpurea var. magellanica ; (Hook.f.) Skottsb. Aira latifolia ; Hook. Hook.f. ; (Wahlenb.) Link (Wahlenb.) Scheele ; Vasey (Kudô) T.Koyama ; Phil. (Hook.) Vasey ; (Kudô) Honda (Hook.) Hultén ; Holcus atropurpureus Vahlodea latifolia subsp. paramushirensis ; Deschampsia atropurpurea var. paramushirensis Deschampsia atropurpurea var. payettii ; Deschampsia hookeriana Deschampsia pacifica ; (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb. (Kudô) Elven ; Aira magellanica Avena atropurpurea ; Deschampsia atropurpurea Deschampsia atropurpurea var. minor ; Kudô Lepage ; Scribn. Tatew. & Ohwi ; (Hook.) A.E.Porsild (Hook.f.) Tzvelev ; (Kudô) Roshev. Vahlodea latifolia ; Vahlodea magellanica Vahlodea atropurpurea var. patentissima ; Vahlodea paramushirensis Vahlodea atropurpurea subsp. latifolia ; Aira alpina Deschampsia atropurpurea subsp. paramushirensis ; Deschampsia brachyphylla Erioblastus paramushirensis ;

Vahlodea is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr.^[2]

Its native range is the subarctic (such as Greenland), to temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. From (Europe within; Finland, North European Russia, Norway and Sweden,) to Asia within (Japan, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Magadan and Taiwan,) and in North America (within the Canadian provinces of; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec and Yukon and within the USA states of; Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming,) and also southern South America (within Argentina and Chile).^[2]

The genus name of Vahlodea is in honour of Jens Vahl (1796–1854), a Danish botanist and pharmacist.^[3] The Latin specific epithet of atropurpurea means "dark-purple coloured".^[4] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Bot. Not. (1842) Vol.141 on page 178 in 1842.^[2]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, and they list Vahlodea atropurpurea as the known species.^[5]

It was thought to be a synonym of Deschampsia P. Beauv.,^[6]^[7] but a 2007 molecular phylogenetic study supported the recognition of Avenella and Vahlodea.^[5]

References

^ "Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Vahlodea Fr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 "Species of Vahlodea Fr". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
^ Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2

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[Species-1] "Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[POWO-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Vahlodea Fr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[3] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[4] Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.

[Grin-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "Species of Vahlodea Fr". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[6] Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California

[7] Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2

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