Arctagrostis latifolia

Arctagrostis latifolia, the wideleaf polargrass, is a widespread species of grass (family Poaceae), with a circumpolar distribution in the high Arctic.^[1][2] It is a tetraploid with chromosome number 2n = 4x = 28.^[3]

Arctagrostis latifolia
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Arctagrostis
Species:	A. latifolia
Binomial name
Arctagrostis latifolia (R.Br.) Griseb.
Synonyms[1]
List Arctagrostis anadyrensis V.N.Vassil. Arctagrostis aristulata Petrov Arctagrostis glauca Petrov Arctagrostis latifolia var. aristulata (Petrov) Tzvelev Arctagrostis latifolia var. gigantea (Tzvelev) Tzvelev Arctagrostis latifolia var. longiglumis Polunin Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. nahanniensis A.E.Porsild Arctagrostis stricta Petrov Cinna brownii Rupr. Colpodium latifolium R.Br. Panicularia latifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze Vilfa xerampelina Trin.

References

1. "Arctagrostis latifolia (R.Br.) Griseb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. "Arctagrostis latifolia (R. Br.) Griseb. wideleaf polargrass". USDA Plants Database. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
3. Amosova, Alexandra V.; Zoshchuk, Svyatoslav A.; Rodionov, Alexander V.; Ghukasyan, Lilit; Samatadze, Tatiana E.; Punina, Elizaveta O.; Loskutov, Igor G.; Yurkevich, Olga Yu.; Muravenko, Olga V. (2019). "Molecular cytogenetics of valuable Arctic and sub-Arctic pasture grass species from the Aveneae/Poeae tribe complex (Poaceae)". BMC Genetics. 20 (1): 92. doi:10.1186/s12863-019-0792-2. PMC 6894191. PMID 31801460.