343227 Puccinellia vahliana (Liebm.) Scribn. & Merr.
Distribution
Svalbard - Franz Joseph Land: Frequent
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Central Canada: Frequent
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Scattered
Ellesmere Island: Frequent
Western Greenland: Scattered
Eastern Greenland: Scattered
Polar desert: Frequent
Northern arctic Tundra: Frequent
Mid Arctic Tundra: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Rare
- Scribn. & Merr., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 78 (1910). - Poa vahliana Liebm., Fl. Dan. 14, 41: t. 2401 (1845). Type (C): Greenland: Niaqornat, the Nugssuaq Peninsula, the Umanak District, July 1836, leg. J. Vahl. Indicated by Sørensen (1953: 18) as 'type' of Liebmann's Flora Danica illustration. - Colpodium vahlianum (Liebm.) Nevski, Fl. URSS 2: 436 (1934). - Phippsia vahliana (Liebm.) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 501 (1976).
2n=
14 (2x). - Europe (N), Canada, Greenland. - Several reports.
Geography: North American (N) - amphi-Atlantic: NOR RUS ALA CAN GRL.
Notes: The main range of Puccinellia vahliana is in the non-Beringian regions. It is confirmed from northern Alaska eastwards across Canada, Greenland, Svalbard, and Franz Joseph Land, to Novaya Zemlya. Records from other areas and from non-arctic localities (e.g., the southern Yukon Territory: Cody 1996; Davis and Consaul 2007) should be re-checked. It is also reported from a few, very scattered localities in northern Siberia. In view of the polymorphy within its known range, these and records of related local Russian species should be critically compared with a larger material of P. vahliana.
Higher Taxa
- Puccinellia [3432,genus]