Arctodupontia

Arctodupontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: × Arctodupontia
Tzvelev
Binomial name
× Arctodupontia scleroclada
(Rupr.) Tzvelev
Synonyms[1]
  • Dupontia × scleroclada (Rupr.) Rupr.
  • Poa × scleroclada Rupr.

× Arctodupontia is a nothogenus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family.[2][3] The only known nothospecies is ×Arctodupontia scleroclada, found in the colder regions of Eurasia and North America (Nunavut, Svalbard, Magadan, northern European Russia). It is believed to have originated as a hybrid of two other arctic grasses: Arctophila fulva × Dupontia fisheri.[1][4]

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