344301b Alopecurus pratensis subsp. alpestris (Wahlenb.) Selander
Distribution
Northern Fennoscandia: Rare
Kanin - Pechora: Scattered
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Scattered
Yamal - Gydan: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- Selander, Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 28: 33 (1950). - Alopecurus pratensis var. alpestris Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp.: 21 (1812). Lectotype (UPS): Sweden: Lule lappmark, "Alopecurus geniculatus?, Luleå fjällen uti Spätjenwaggi", 08. Sept. 1807, leg. Wahlenberg (Moberg and Nilsson 1991: 292).
2n=
28 (4x). - Europe (N), Russia (N). - Five reports.
Geography: European (N) - Asian (NW): NOR RUS SIB.
Notes: Subspecies alpestris has been accepted as a native, boreal-alpine and southern arctic race in Finland, Sweden, Norway (Elven 1994; Mossberg and Stenberg 2003; Elven et al. 2005), and in northeastern European Russia and northwestern Siberia (Tzvelev 1999b, PAF proposal). It is geographically, ecologically, and partly cytologically different from subsp. pratensis but morphologically separable only in minor characters (Rapp 1971, 1972, 1980).
Higher Taxa
- Alopecurus pratensis [344301,species]