Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,687 meters (0 to 12,096 feet).Mean = 1,785.210 meters (5,856.988 feet), Standard Deviation = 935.330 based on 207 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Genus:
Chionochloa
()
- Specific epithet:
archboldii
- Botanical name: - Chionochloa archboldii
- Specific epithet:
archboldii
- Genus:
Chionochloa
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Chionochloa archboldii (Hitchc.)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Chionochloa
There are approximately 47 species in this genus:
C. acicularis · C. antarctica · C. archboldii · C. australis · C. beddiei · C. bromoides · C. cheesemanii · C. conspicua · C. conspicua 'Rubra' · C. conspicua conspicua · C. conspicua cunninghamii · C. crassiuscula · C. crassiuscula directa · C. crassiuscula subsp. directa · C. crassiuscula subsp. torta · C. defracta · C. flavescens · C. flavescens flavescens · C. flavescens hirta · C. flavescens subsp. brevis · C. flavescens subsp. hirta · C. flavescens subsp. lupeola · C. flavicans (Snow Tussock Grass) · C. flavicans f. temata · C. frigida · C. howensis · C. juncea · C. lanea · C. macra · C. nivifera · C. oreophila · C. ovata · C. pallens · C. pallens subsp. cadens · C. pallens subsp. pilosa · C. pallida (Silvertop Wallaby-Grass) · C. pungens · C. rigida · C. rigida subsp. amara · C. rubra (Haumata) · C. rubra cuprea · C. rubra subsp. cuprea · C. rubra subsp. occulta · C. rubra var. inermis · C. spiralis · C. teretifolia · C. vireta
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 1, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3485575
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15751146
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:395756-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2118254
