| Phippsia | |
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| Phippsia algida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Coleanthinae |
| Genus: | Phippsia R.Br. |
| Type species | |
| Phippsia algida (Sol.) R.Br. | |
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Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.
The genus is named in honour of Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792 a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as ice grass or snow grass.
- Species
- Phippsia algida - Scandinavia (incl Iceland + Svalbard), Russia (northern European Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, Yakutia, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan), Greenland, Canada (3 Arctic territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Labrador), United States (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado)
- Phippsia concinna - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia)
- Phippsia wilczekii - Mendoza Province in Argentina
- formerly included
numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia
References
- Tropicos, Phippsia (Trin.) R. Br.
- Brown, Robert. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana 27
- "Phipps, Constantine John (1744-1792)". International Plant Names Index. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- The Plant List search for Phippsia
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- "Phippsia algida". The Flora of Svalbard. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- "Phippsia algida". Poaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 2001. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- "Phippsia concinna". The Flora of Svalbard. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- "Phippsia wilczekii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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| Phippsia |
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| Vilfa subg. Phippsia | |
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