320211 Luzula kjellmaniana Miyabe & Kudô
Distribution
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Scattered
Yamal - Gydan: Scattered
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Scattered
Anabar - Onenyo: Scattered
Kharaulakh: Frequent
Yana - Kolyma: Rare
West Chukotka: Frequent
Wrangel Island: Frequent
South Chukotka: Scattered
East Chukotka: Frequent
Western Alaska: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
2n=
(1) 24. - Far East (N). - At least five reports.
(2) 36. - Alaska. - Hämet-Ahti and Virrankoski (1971).
Kirschner et al. (2002a) reported 12 full-size and 24 half-size chromosomes, on the authority of Hämet-Ahti and Virrankoski (1971).
Geography: Asian (N) - amphi-Beringian: RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN.
Notes: Egorova et al.: Miyabe and Kudô based their description of Luzula kjellmaniana on Kjellman's L. arcuata f. latifolia. The type of f. latifolia is therefore the type of L. kjellmaniana (and of L. beeringiana), i.e., the lectotype cited above. We agree that the types of L. kjellmaniana and L. tundricola V.N. Vassil. 1953 belong to the same species. The latter name, applied by several authors, is then a synonym of L. kjellmaniana as stated already by Hämet-Ahti and Virrankoski (1971).
The Russian usage of the name L. kjellmaniana - for a taxon of the L. multiflora group - is erroneous.
Higher Taxa
- Luzula [3202,genus]