The growth and reproduction of Antarctic flowering plants
The presence of flowering plants within the Antarctic botanical zone (as defined by Greene 1964 a) has been known for nearly 150 years. The first to be discovered was a small, wiry grass of tufted or mat-forming habit, now called Deschampsia antarctica Desv., while the second proved to be a small cu...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstb.1967.0021 2024-06-02T07:56:26+00:00 The growth and reproduction of Antarctic flowering plants 1967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0021 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1967.0021 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences volume 252, issue 777, page 323-337 ISSN 2054-0280 journal-article 1967 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0021 2024-05-07T14:16:53Z The presence of flowering plants within the Antarctic botanical zone (as defined by Greene 1964 a) has been known for nearly 150 years. The first to be discovered was a small, wiry grass of tufted or mat-forming habit, now called Deschampsia antarctica Desv., while the second proved to be a small cushion-forming pearlwort— Colobanthus crassifolius (D’Urv.) Hook. f. Skottsberg (1954) provided the first maps of their Antarctic distribution and summarized the small amount of information available about their reproduction and behaviour. As known at present, the two species extend from Neny Island (68° 12' S, 67° 02' W) in Marguerite Bay, northwards along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula to many islands of the Scotia Ridge (figure 59). Elsewhere D. antarctica reaches as far north as ca. 34° S in South America and eastwards to some of the Sub-Antarctic islands of the south Indian Ocean. The world distribution of C. crassifolius is uncertain owing to taxonomic confusion about the relationship of plants in New Zealand with those in South America, as well as doubts about the homogeneity of the taxon in the latter area. If the species in South America is considered in its widest sense, i.e. as embracing all the ‘grassyleaved pearl worts’, then C. crassifolius sensu lato extends much farther north than D. antarctica , certainly well into Peru (to 12° S), with localities north of the equator in Mexico. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Neny Island The Royal Society Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Greene ENVELOPE(168.233,168.233,-72.100,-72.100) Indian Many Islands ENVELOPE(-119.170,-119.170,56.317,56.317) Marguerite ENVELOPE(141.378,141.378,-66.787,-66.787) Marguerite Bay ENVELOPE(-68.000,-68.000,-68.500,-68.500) Neny ENVELOPE(-66.966,-66.966,-68.200,-68.200) Neny Island ENVELOPE(-67.028,-67.028,-68.205,-68.205) New Zealand Skottsberg ENVELOPE(-60.809,-60.809,-63.921,-63.921) The Antarctic Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 252 777 323 337 |
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The presence of flowering plants within the Antarctic botanical zone (as defined by Greene 1964 a) has been known for nearly 150 years. The first to be discovered was a small, wiry grass of tufted or mat-forming habit, now called Deschampsia antarctica Desv., while the second proved to be a small cushion-forming pearlwort— Colobanthus crassifolius (D’Urv.) Hook. f. Skottsberg (1954) provided the first maps of their Antarctic distribution and summarized the small amount of information available about their reproduction and behaviour. As known at present, the two species extend from Neny Island (68° 12' S, 67° 02' W) in Marguerite Bay, northwards along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula to many islands of the Scotia Ridge (figure 59). Elsewhere D. antarctica reaches as far north as ca. 34° S in South America and eastwards to some of the Sub-Antarctic islands of the south Indian Ocean. The world distribution of C. crassifolius is uncertain owing to taxonomic confusion about the relationship of plants in New Zealand with those in South America, as well as doubts about the homogeneity of the taxon in the latter area. If the species in South America is considered in its widest sense, i.e. as embracing all the ‘grassyleaved pearl worts’, then C. crassifolius sensu lato extends much farther north than D. antarctica , certainly well into Peru (to 12° S), with localities north of the equator in Mexico. |
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The growth and reproduction of Antarctic flowering plants |
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The growth and reproduction of Antarctic flowering plants |
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The growth and reproduction of Antarctic flowering plants |
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The growth and reproduction of Antarctic flowering plants |
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