Dupontia is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]
Dupontia fisheri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Poodae |
Tribe: | Poeae |
Genus: | Dupontia R.Br. |
Species: | D. fisheri
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Binomial name | |
Dupontia fisheri | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The only known species is Dupontia fisheri, common name tundragrass.[6] It is native to northern Canada (Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, + the 3 Arctic Territories), plus Alaska, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia (Asian + European).[1][7]
see × Arctodupontia, Graphephorum