Alopecurus magellanicus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Alopecurinae
Genus: Alopecurus
Species: A. magellanicus
Name

Alopecurus magellanicus Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 168 (1791)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Alopecurus antarcticus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 18 (1791).
Alopecurus alpinus Sm., Fl. Brit. 3: 1386 (1803), nom. illeg.
Alopecurus ovatus Knapp, Gram. Brit.: 15 (1804).
Alopecurus borealis Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 58 (1820).
Alopecurus giesekeanus Schult., Mant. 2: 154 (1824).
Alopecurus glaucus Less., Linnaea 9: 206 (1834).
Alopecurus alpinus var. aristatus Hook.f., Fl. Antarct.: 370 (1846), nom. nud.
Alopecurus alpinus var. gracilior Hook.f., Fl. Antarct.: 370 (1846).
Alopecurus alpinus var. robustior Hook.f., Fl. Antarct.: 370 (1846).
Alopecurus glaucus var. altaicus Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 462 (1852).
Alopecurus lechleri Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 148 (1854).
Alopecurus variegatus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 148 (1854).
Alopecurus villarii Timb.-Lagr., Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 2: 134 (1875).
Alopecurus alpinus var. muticus Sarfatti ex Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenland. 1: 156 (1880).
Alopecurus occidentalis Scribn., Bot. Gaz. 11: 170 (1886).
Alopecurus stejnegeri Vasey, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 10: 153 (1887).
Alopecurus bracteatus Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94: 6 (1897).
Alopecurus alpinus f. antarcticus (Vahl) Hack. in P.K.H.Dusén, Ergebn. Schwed. Exp. Magell. 3(5): 260 (1900).
Alopecurus antarcticus var. brevispiculatus Hack. in O.Buchtien, Contr. Fl. Bolivia 1: 72 (1910), nom. nud.
Alopecurus tenuis Kom., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 85 (1914).
Alopecurus triceps E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 346 (1914).
Alopecurus alpinus var. antarcticus (Vahl) Macloskie, Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8(Suppl.): 23 (1915).
Alopecurus alpinus f. lachleri Dusén in G.Macloskie, Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8(Suppl.): 34 (1915).
Alopecurus behringianus Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 298 (1919 publ. 1920).
Alopecurus alpinus var. robustus Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 5: 311 (1919).
Alopecurus alpinus var. elatus Roshev., Fl. Asiat. Ross. 2(4): 221 (1924).
Alopecurus alpinus var. stejnegeri (Vasey) Hultén, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 5(1): 90 (1927).
Alopecurus alpinus var. altaicus (Griseb.) Krylov, Fl. Zapadno? Sibiri 2: 193 (1928).
Alopecurus alpinus var. borealis (Trin.) Krylov, Fl. Zapadno? Sibiri 2: 193 (1928).
Alopecurus altaicus (Griseb.) Petrov, Fl. Iakut. 1: 146 (1930).
Alopecurus antarcticus var. bracteatus (Phil.) Parodi, Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 354 (1931).
Alopecurus antarcticus var. lechleri Parodi, Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 356 (1931).
Alopecurus antarcticus f. triceps (E.H.L.Krause) Parodi, Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 356 (1931).
Alopecurus antarcticus var. 'triceps (E.H.L.Krause) Parodi, Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 356 (1931).
Alopecurus antarcticus var. typicus Parodi, Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 353 (1931), not validly publ.
Alopecurus antarcticus f. bracteatus (Phil.) Parodi ec Probst, Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn 9: 10 (1932).
Alopecurus pseudobrachystachyus Ovcz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 153 (1934).
Alopecurus roshevitzianus Ovcz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 746 (1934).
Alopecurus alpinus f. stejnegeri (Vasey) A.E.Porsild, Rhodora 41: 177 (1939).
Alopecurus aequalis var. sonomensis P.Rubtzov, Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 170 (1961).
Alopecurus alpinus subsp.borealis (Trin.) Jurtzev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 2: 307 (1965).
Alopecurus alpinus subsp. glaucus (Less.) Hultén, Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 10 (1967 publ. 1968).
Alopecurus alpinus subsp. stejnegeri (Vasey) Hultén, Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 9 (1967 publ. 1968).
Alopecurus alpinus subsp. pseudobrachystachyus (Ovcz.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8: 20 (1971).
Alopecurus magellanicus var. bracteatus (Phil.) Mariano, Fl. Patagonica 3: 344 (1978).
Alopecurus alpinus var. occidentalis (Scribn.) B.Boivin, Provancheria 12: 32 (1981).
Alopecurus borealis subsp. glaucus (Less.) Dogan, Turkish J. Bot. 23: 259 (1999).
Alopecurus magellanicus subsp. glaucus (Less.) Valdés & H.Scholz, Willdenowia 36: 662 (2006).
Alopecurus borealis var. igoschinae Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 43: 52 (2012).
Alopecurus borealis var. iremelensis Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 43: 53 (2012).
Alopecurus borealis var. muticus (Sarfatti ex Lange) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 43: 52 (2012).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Falkland Is.
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Ecuador , Peru
Continental: Subarctic
Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado, East European Russia, Great Britain, Greenland, Idaho, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, Mongolia, Montana, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, South European Russi, South Georgia, Svalbard, Utah, West Siberia, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yukon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Lamarck, J.-B. 1791–1793 ["1791"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Premiere livraison. XVI+496 pp., tt. 1–111. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1: 168.

Additional references

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Alopecurus magellanicus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Alopecurus magellanicus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Alopecurus magellanicus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 August 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Alopecurus magellanicus. Published online. Accessed: August 13 2022.

Vernacular names
English: Boreal Alopecurus