Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Aira antarctica	Hook.	Hooker's Icon. Pl. 2: t. 150 (1837)
Airidium elegantulum	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 423 (1854)
Deschampsia elegantula	(Steud.) Parodi	Darwiniana 8: 452 (1949)
Deschampsia henrardii	Kloos	Blumea, Suppl. 3: 24 (1946)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	antarctic hair grass
Afrikaans	antarktiese smele
Arabic	ديشمبية قطبية جنوبية
German	antarktische schmiele
Esperanto	antarkta hargreso
Finnish	etelämantereenlauha
Finnish	antarktiksenlauha
Hungarian	antarktiszi sédbúza
Japanese	ナンキョクコメススキ
Norwegian Bokmål	antarktisk hårgress
Polish	Śmiałek antarktyczny
Russian	Луговик антарктический
Ukrainian	Щучник антарктичний
vls	antarctisch hoargras
Chinese	南極髮草
Chinese	南極毛草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native

Antarctica click to expand
- Antarctic Continent
  - Antarctica
- Subantarctic Islands
  - Crozet Islands
  - Falkland Islands
  - Heard-McDonald Islands
  - Kerguelen
  - South Georgia
  - South Sandwich Islands

Southern America click to expand
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest
  - Argentina South
  - Chile Central
  - Chile South

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000862424
Tropicos	25516408
INPN	721451
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:397932-1
The Plant List	kew-407539
Open Tree Of Life	3490
NCBI Taxonomy	159298
IPNI	397932-1
iNaturalist	344042
GBIF	4144844
Freebase	/m/08rvtg
USDA GRIN	410685
Wikipedia	Deschampsia_antarctica

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Genome sequence of Umezawaea sp. strain Da 62-37 isolated from the rhizosphere of Deschampsia antarctica E.Desv. (Galindez Island, maritime Antarctic)

Roman I, Tistechok S, Gromyko O

Microbiol Resour Announc

19-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC11008115
doi:	10.1128/mra.00019-24
PMID:	38501776

Characterization of Antibiotic-Resistance Antarctic Pseudomonas That Produce Bacteriocin-like Compounds

Calisto N, Navarro L, Iribarren C, Orellana P, Gómez C, Salazar L, Gutiérrez A, Aranda C, González AR, Tello M, Cortés-Cortés P, Gidekel M, Corsini G

Microorganisms

06-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10974256
doi:	10.3390/microorganisms12030530
PMID:	38543581

Identification and characterization of the Remorin gene family in Saccharum and the involvement of ScREM1.5e-1/-2 in SCMV infection on sugarcane

Yang Z, Cheng G, Yu Q, Jiao W, Zeng K, Luo T, Zhang H, Shang H, Huang G, Wang F, Guo Y, Xu J

Front Plant Sci

23-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10920289
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1365995
PMID:	38463560

CLAW: An automated Snakemake workflow for the assembly of chloroplast genomes from long-read data

Phillips AL, Ferguson S, Burton RA, Watson-Haigh NS

PLoS Comput Biol

09-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10883564
doi:	10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011870
PMID:	38335225

Ecophysiology of Antarctic Vascular Plants: An Update on the Extreme Environment Resistance Mechanisms and Their Importance in Facing Climate Change

Ramírez CF, Cavieres LA, Sanhueza C, Vallejos V, Gómez-Espinoza O, Bravo LA, Sáez PL

Plants (Basel)

03-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10857404
doi:	10.3390/plants13030449
PMID:	38337983

Novel Apoplastic Antifreeze Proteins of Deschampsia antarctica as Enhancer of Common Cell Freezing Media for Cryobanking of Genetic Resources, a Preliminary Study

Short SE, Zamorano M, Aranzaez-Ríos C, Lee-Estevez M, Díaz R, Quiñones J, Ulloa-Rodríguez P, Villalobos EF, Bravo LA, Graether SP, Farías JG

Biomolecules

01-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10886522
doi:	10.3390/biom14020174
PMID:	38397411

Antarctic Soil Yeasts with Fermentative Capacity and Potential for the Wine Industry

Navarro L, Gil i Cortiella M, Gutiérrez-Moraga A, Calisto N, Ubeda C, Corsini G

Foods

16-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10742413
doi:	10.3390/foods12244496
PMID:	38137300

Microbial community and chemical composition of cigar tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) leaves altered by tobacco wildfire disease

Si H, Cui B, Liu F, Zhao M

Plant Direct

13-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10719477
doi:	10.1002/pld3.551
PMID:	38099080

Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi under different agroforestry practices in the drylands of Southern Ethiopia

Masebo N, Birhane E, Takele S, Belay Z, Lucena JJ, Pérez-Sanz A, Anjulo A

BMC Plant Biol

09-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10709898
doi:	10.1186/s12870-023-04645-6
PMID:	38066451

Research progress on the roles of actin-depolymerizing factor in plant stress responses

Sun Y, Shi M, Wang D, Gong Y, Sha Q, Lv P, Yang J, Chu P, Guo S

Front Plant Sci

16-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10687421
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1278311
PMID:	38034575

Applying synchrotron radiation-based attenuated total reflection-fourier transform infrared to chemically characterise organic functional groups in terrestrial soils of King George Island, Antarctica

Pongpiachan S, Thumanu K, Chantharakhon C, Phoomalee C, Charoenkalunyuta T, Promdee K, Poshyachinda S, Hashmi MZ

Heliyon

31-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10559015
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19711
PMID:	37809680

Development of skin diseases following systemic exposure: example of dioxins

Sorg O, Saurat JH

Front Toxicol

28-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10498119
doi:	10.3389/ftox.2023.1243192
PMID:	37711212

Genome-Wide Identification of GmSPS Gene Family in Soybean and Expression Analysis in Response to Cold Stress

Shen J, Xu Y, Yuan S, Jin F, Huang Y, Chen H, Shan Z, Yang Z, Chen S, Zhou X, Zhang C

Int J Mol Sci

17-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10454306
doi:	10.3390/ijms241612878
PMID:	37629058

Biomimetics on the micro- and nanoscale – The 25th anniversary of the lotus effect

Mail M, Koch K, Speck T, Megill WM, Gorb SN

Beilstein J Nanotechnol

03-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10407784
doi:	10.3762/bjnano.14.69
PMID:	37560348

Basking in the sun: how mosses photosynthesise and survive in Antarctica

Yin H, Perera-Castro AV, Randall KL, Turnbull JD, Waterman MJ, Dunn J, Robinson SA

Photosynth Res

29-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10684656
doi:	10.1007/s11120-023-01040-y
PMID:	37515652

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Medium-chain fatty acids
2-Hexenoic acid	14486	Click to see CCCC=CC(=O)O	114.14	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
2-Hexenoic acid, (2E)-	5282707	Click to see CCCC=CC(=O)O	114.14	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
2-Octenoic acid, (Z)-	73850	Click to see CCCCCC=CC(=O)O	142.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
2,4-Octadienoic acid	158529	Click to see CCCC=CC=CC(=O)O	140.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
2,4,6-Octatrienoic acid	5368831	Click to see CC=CC=CC=CC(=O)O	138.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
Caproic Acid	8892	Click to see CCCCCC(=O)O	116.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
Octa-2,4,6-trienic acid	95509	Click to see CC=CC=CC=CC(=O)O	138.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
Octadienoic acid	6440741	Click to see CCCC=CC=CC(=O)O	140.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
Octanoic Acid	379	Click to see CCCCCCCC(=O)O	144.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerophospholipids / Glycerophosphoglycerols / Phosphatidylglycerols
Phosphatidyl Glycerol	44566653	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(COP(=O)(O)OCC(CO)O)OC(=O)CCCCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCC	747.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
Ferulic acid	445858	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=CC(=O)O)O	194.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1034/J.1399-3054.2000.100304.X
p-Coumaric acid	637542	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)O)O	164.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1034/J.1399-3054.2000.100304.X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides
Swertiajaponin	442659	Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	462.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89660-0
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides / Flavonoid 8-C-glycosides
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-8-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one	73829966	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C(=C1)O)C(=O)C=C(O2)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	462.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89660-0
8-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6S)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2R,3R,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]-5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxychromen-4-one	163060359	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C(=C1)O)C(=O)C=C(O2)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(CO5)O)O)O	578.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89660-0
Isoswertisin	44258317	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C(=C1)O)C(=O)C=C(O2)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	446.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89660-0
Orientin	5281675	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C(=C(C=C3O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89660-0
Orientin 2''-O-beta-arabinopyranoside	44257929	Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2C3=C(C=C(C4=C3OC(=CC4=O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O)O)O	580.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89660-0
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 3-O-methylated flavonoids
Tricin	5281702	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O	330.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89660-0
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Macrolactams
Desferrioxamine X5	85625752	Click to see C1CCCN(C(=O)CCC(=O)NCCCCCN(C(=O)CCC(=O)NCCCCCNC(=O)CCC(=O)NCC1)O)O	598.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90335-2

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