360101b Caltha palustris subsp. radicans (T.F. Forst.) Syme
Distribution
Northern Iceland: Frequent
Northern Fennoscandia: Frequent
Kanin - Pechora: Frequent
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Frequent
Yamal - Gydan: Scattered
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Frequent
Anabar - Onenyo: Scattered
Kharaulakh: Frequent
Yana - Kolyma: Scattered
West Chukotka: Frequent
Wrangel Island: Frequent
South Chukotka: Rare
East Chukotka: Frequent
Western Alaska: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Frequent
Mid Arctic Tundra: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Syme in Sowerby, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 1: 49 (1873). - Caltha radicans T.F. Forst., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 324, t. 17 (1807). Lectotype (K): Scotland, leg. Dickson (Smit 1973: 141). - Caltha palustris var. radicans (T.F. Forst.) Beck, Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 350 (1886).
- Caltha arctica R. Br., Chlor. Melvill.: 7 (1823). Type (BM): Canada: the Northwest Territories, Cape Parry. - Caltha palustris var. arctica (R. Br.) Huth, Helios 9: 18 (1892). - Caltha palustris subsp. arctica (R. Br.) Hultén, Ark. Bot., n. s., 7, 1: 56 (1968). - Caltha minor subsp. arctica (R. Br.) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 510 (1976).
Geography: European (N) - Asian (N) - amphi-Beringian - North American (NW): ICE NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN.
Notes: Piirainen (2001) accepted two subspecies of Caltha palustris in northwestern Europe: subsp. palustris and subsp. radicans (= subsp. arctica). When the small-flowered, low-grown, and rooting plants in the European mountains are merged with the arctic plants, the names C. radicans 1807, subsp. radicans 1863, and var. radicans 1886 have priority before the more well-known names C. arctica 1823, subsp. arctica 1968, and var. arctica 1892. Subspecies radicans is the main arctic race of Caltha and is very widespread but absent from northeastern North America and Greenland.
Higher Taxa
- Caltha palustris [360101,species]