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Agrostis mertensii  Trin.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 182507

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Agrostis borealis Hartm.
  
    Agrostis rupestris auct. non All.
  
    Agrostis mertensii ssp. borealis (Hartm.) Tzvelev
  
    Agrostis borealis var. americana (Scribner ex Macoun) Fernald
  
    Agrostis borealis var. paludosa (Scribn.) Fernald
  
    Agrostis boliviana Mez
  
    Agrostis compressa Döll
  
    Agrostis concinna Tuck.
  
    Agrostis gelida Trin.
  
    Agrostis novae-angliae Vasey
  
    Agrostis paludosa Scribn.
  
    Agrostis pickeringii Tuck.
  
    Agrostis poeppigiana Phil.
  
    Agrostis rubra L.
  
    Agrostis viridissima Kom.
  
    Agrostis williamsii Phil.
  
    Aira labradorica Steud.
  
    Trichodium concinnum (Tuck.) Alph. Wood
  
    Agrostis borealis ssp. viridissima (Kom.) Tzvelev
  
    Agrostis borealis var. bakeri (Rydb.) Koji Ito
  
    Agrostis borealis var. borealis Hartm.
  
    Agrostis borealis var. macrantha Eames
  
    Agrostis borealis var. typica Fernald
  
    Agrostis canina var. alpina Oakes
  
    Agrostis canina var. mertensii (Trin.) Kuntze
  
    Agrostis canina var. tenella Torr.
  
    Agrostis laxiflora var. mertensii (Trin.) Griseb.
  
    Agrostis pickeringii var. pickeringii Tuck.
  
    Agrostis pickeringii var. rupicola Tuck.
  
    Agrostis rubra var. alpina (Oakes) MacMill.
  
    Agrostis rubra var. americana Scribner ex Macoun
  
    Agrostis scabra var. montana Tuck. ex Vasey
  
    Agrostis borealis f. borealis Hartm.
  
    Agrostis borealis f. macrantha (Eames) Fernald
  
    Agrostis mertensii f. macrantha (Eames) J. Cay.
  
  Common Name(s): arctic bentgrass
 
    northern bentgrass
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusAgrostis L. – bentgrass  
                                  SpeciesAgrostis mertensii Trin. – arctic bentgrass, northern bentgrass  
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Agrostis mertensii   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Agrostis mertensii   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Agrostis mertensii   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Agrostis mertensii   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Agrostis mertensii   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Alaska, Native  
 

 

    

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