Oreobolus obtusangulus

Oreobolus obtusangulus is a thick cushion grass native to South America. It grows in the highlands of Colombia and Venezuela, alpine wetlands of Central Chile and Neuquén Province of Argentina. Further south it grows at lower elevations including Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.[1] Oreobolus obtusangulus grows in parts of Patagonia that were glaciated during the last glaciation, a genetic study suggest that the survived glaciation in three separate glacial refugia; these being south-central Chile, the eastern Patagonian Andes and eastern Tierra del Fuego.[2]

Oreobolus obtusangulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Oreobolus
Species:
O. obtusangulus
Binomial name
Oreobolus obtusangulus
Gaudich.
Synonyms[1]
  • Gaimardia australis
  • Gaimardia pusilla
  • Oreobolus clandestinus
  • Oreobolus obtusangulus var. f. borealis

References
  1. "Oreobolus obtusangulus". Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). Administración de Parques Nacionales. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. Pfanzelt, S.; Albach, D.; von Hagen, K.B. (2017). "Tabula rasa in the Patagonian Channels? The phylogeography of Oreobolus obtusangulus (Cyperaceae)". Molecular Ecology. 26 (15): 4027–4044. doi:10.1111/mec.14156. PMID 28437593. S2CID 46743451.


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