343212 Puccinellia arctica (Hook.) Fernald & Weath.
Distribution
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Central Canada: Scattered
Ellesmere Island: Rare
Northern arctic Tundra: Rare
Mid Arctic Tundra: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- Fernald & Weath., Rhodora 18: 4 (1916). - Glyceria arctica Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 248, t. 229 (1840). Holotype (K): Canada: the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, "Arctic sea coast", leg. Dr. Richardson. - Phippsia arctica (Hook.) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 498 (1976).
- Puccinellia poacea T.J. Sørensen, Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 135: 81 (1955). Holotype (CAN-208828): Canada: Nunavut, Ellesmere Island, Slidre Fjord., Black Top River Valley, 3 miles inland, 20. July 1951, leg. J.S. Tenner 35. - Phippsia poacea (T.J. Sørensen) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 500 (1976).
- Puccinellia agrostidea T.J. Sørensen, Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 135: 78 (1955). Holotype (CAN-127503): Canada: the Northwest Territories, Banks Island, De Salis Bay on the south coast, 31. July 1949, leg. A.E. Porsild 17,614. - Phippsia agrostidea (T.J. Sørensen) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 498 (1976).
2n=
14 (2x). - Canada. - Mosquin and Hayley (1966, for P. poacea); Hedberg (1967, for P. agrostidea).
Geography: American Beringian - North American (N): ALA CAN.
Notes: Consaul and Gillespie (2001), Soreng et al. (2003), and Davis and Consaul (2007) synonymized the two diploid Sørensen species Puccinellia agrostidea and P. poacea with P. arctica. See the justification by Davis and Consaul (2007).
Higher Taxa
- Puccinellia [3432,genus]