New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants
Smith (1982) reported the discovery in 1981 of Antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica Desv. on the largest of the Refuge Islands (68° 21' S) in Marguerite Bay, off the south-west coast of Antarctic Peninsula (Figure 1). This, was at the time the southernmost record of one of Antarctica...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:523475 2023-05-15T13:41:43+02:00 New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants Smith, Ronald I.L. Poncet, Sally 1985 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/523475/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400005672 unknown Cambridge University Press Smith, Ronald I.L.; Poncet, Sally. 1985 New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants. Polar Record, 22 (139). 425-427. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400005672 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400005672> Botany Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1985 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400005672 2023-02-04T19:48:25Z Smith (1982) reported the discovery in 1981 of Antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica Desv. on the largest of the Refuge Islands (68° 21' S) in Marguerite Bay, off the south-west coast of Antarctic Peninsula (Figure 1). This, was at the time the southernmost record of one of Antarctica's two native flowering plants. The only ecologically suitable area for vascular plants south of these islands appeared to be the Terra Firma Islands, 40 km along the coast, which Smith had been unable to reach due to dense pack ice. Earlier reports of grass and grass-like plants on the Terra Firma Islands could not be accepted as reliable in the absence of accurate descriptions, specimens or photographs, for elsewhere the bushy grey-green or yellow lichens Usnea antarctica and U. fasciata have been mistaken for grass when viewed from a distance. However, both Deschampsia antarctica and also Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl., Antarctica's other flowering plant, have now been positively identified at a site on Barn Rock (68° 42' S, 67° 32' W) in the Terra Firma group. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Polar Record Refuge Islands Terra Firma Islands Usnea antarctica Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Marguerite ENVELOPE(141.378,141.378,-66.787,-66.787) Marguerite Bay ENVELOPE(-68.000,-68.000,-68.500,-68.500) Refuge Islands ENVELOPE(-67.166,-67.166,-68.350,-68.350) Terra Firma ENVELOPE(-67.533,-67.533,-68.700,-68.700) Terra Firma Islands ENVELOPE(-67.533,-67.533,-68.700,-68.700) Barn Rock ENVELOPE(-67.534,-67.534,-68.692,-68.692) Polar Record 22 139 425 427 |
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Smith (1982) reported the discovery in 1981 of Antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica Desv. on the largest of the Refuge Islands (68° 21' S) in Marguerite Bay, off the south-west coast of Antarctic Peninsula (Figure 1). This, was at the time the southernmost record of one of Antarctica's two native flowering plants. The only ecologically suitable area for vascular plants south of these islands appeared to be the Terra Firma Islands, 40 km along the coast, which Smith had been unable to reach due to dense pack ice. Earlier reports of grass and grass-like plants on the Terra Firma Islands could not be accepted as reliable in the absence of accurate descriptions, specimens or photographs, for elsewhere the bushy grey-green or yellow lichens Usnea antarctica and U. fasciata have been mistaken for grass when viewed from a distance. However, both Deschampsia antarctica and also Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl., Antarctica's other flowering plant, have now been positively identified at a site on Barn Rock (68° 42' S, 67° 32' W) in the Terra Firma group. |
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New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants |
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New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants |
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New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants |
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New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants |
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New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants |
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new southernmost record for antarctic flowering plants |
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ENVELOPE(141.378,141.378,-66.787,-66.787) ENVELOPE(-68.000,-68.000,-68.500,-68.500) ENVELOPE(-67.166,-67.166,-68.350,-68.350) ENVELOPE(-67.533,-67.533,-68.700,-68.700) ENVELOPE(-67.533,-67.533,-68.700,-68.700) ENVELOPE(-67.534,-67.534,-68.692,-68.692) |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Marguerite Marguerite Bay Refuge Islands Terra Firma Terra Firma Islands Barn Rock |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Polar Record Refuge Islands Terra Firma Islands Usnea antarctica |
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Smith, Ronald I.L.; Poncet, Sally. 1985 New southernmost record for Antarctic flowering plants. Polar Record, 22 (139). 425-427. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400005672 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400005672> |
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