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    Colobanthus quitensis, also known as the Antarctic pearlwort, is one of two native flowering plants found in the Antarctic region, the other being Antarctic...
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    meingeni, C. quitensis var. alatus, C. saginoides, Sagina crassifolia, S. quitensis, Spergula affinis? Colobanthus repens Colenso Colobanthus squarrosus...
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    rather small, although the family does contain Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis), the world's southernmost dicot, which is one of only two flowering...
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  • Thumbnail for Deschampsia antarctica
    one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort). Deschampsia antarctica mainly occurs on the...
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    Calcium-oxalate-accumulating plants, such as Amaranthus hybridus and Colobanthus quitensis, show a variation of photosynthesis where calcium oxalate crystals...
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    flowering plants, Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort), are found on the northern and western parts...
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    Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass), Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort) and the non-native Poa annua (annual bluegrass)...
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    Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis), are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula...
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    Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis), are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula...
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    hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and the Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis). Both are found only on the western edge of the Antarctic Peninsula...
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    in Antarctica, and two angiosperms (Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis). It is believed those native species will disappear with warmer...
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  • temperatures year-round, like those living in Antarctica such as Colobanthus quitensis. Various hardiness ratings are published. In the United States (US)...
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    Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula...
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  • with the Antarctic angiosperms Deschampsia antarctica Desv. and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl". Extremophiles. 16 (1): 95–103. doi:10.1007/s00792-011-0409-9...
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  • in the world where grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and flowers (Colobanthus quitensis) grow naturally. On 17 August 1957 personnel from the Argentine...
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  • foxtail Callitriche antarctica Antarctic starwort Colobanthus quitensis Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus subulatus Lesser pearlwort or sessile pearlwort...
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    evidence of this process was shown in the Antarctic extremophile plant Colobanthus quitensis under CO2 limiting conditions. Under stress conditions (e.g. water...
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  • mouse-ear† Cerastium glomeratum, sticky mouse-ear† Colobanthus quitensis, Andean pearlwort* Colobanthus subulatus, emerald-bog* Sagina filicaulis, annual...
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  • Thumbnail for Gennadi Milinevsky
    on two indigenous flowering plants, Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis, revealing a plateau in their populations due to habitat limitations...
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  • Colobanthus crassifolius (Strait of Magellan, Cape Horn, Cape Famine, Hermite Islands, Falklands) = Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. Colobanthus diffusus...
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    rosulata Chiloglottis cornuta Colobanthus billardieri = C. quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. Colobanthus muscoides Colobanthus subulatus (d’Urv.) Hook.f. Coprosma...
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