Cuadra, Pedro;Guajardo, Joselin;Carrasco-Orellana, Cristian;Stappung, Yazmina;Fajardo, Víctor;Herrera, Raúl
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAntarctica, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Crozet Is., Falkland Is., Heard-McDonald Is., Kerguelen, South Georgia, South Sandwich Is.
Observations recorded1,376
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 230
- With media
- 147
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- US, MNHN, RENO, NY
- Recorded in
- Argentina, Terres Australes Et Antarctiques FrançAises, Chile, French Southern Territories, Netherlands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Deschampsia
- Image
- Deschampsia antarctica.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Deschampsia antarctica
- Commons category
- Deschampsia antarctica
- taxon common name
- Antarctic hair grass
- short name
- D. antarctica
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Deschampsia antarctica, the Antarctic hair grass, is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
Ecology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deschampsia antarctica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.