Phippsia

Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.^[2]

Phippsia
Phippsia algida
Scientific classification
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.
Synonyms[1]
Vilfa subg. Phippsia Trin.

The genus is named in honour of Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792^[3] a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as ice grass or snow grass.

Species^[4][5][6][7]

• Phippsia algida^[8][9] - 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^[10] - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia)
• Phippsia wilczekii^[11] - Mendoza Province in Argentina

formerly included^[4]

numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia