420116c Stellaria longipes taxon edwardsii
Distribution
Kanin - Pechora: Scattered
Svalbard - Franz Joseph Land: Presence uncertain
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Frequent
Yamal - Gydan: Rare
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Frequent
Anabar - Onenyo: Scattered
Kharaulakh: Frequent
Yana - Kolyma: Scattered
West Chukotka: Frequent
Wrangel Island: Frequent
South Chukotka: Scattered
East Chukotka: Scattered
Western Alaska: Scattered
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Frequent
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Scattered
Ellesmere Island: Frequent
Western Greenland: Frequent
Eastern Greenland: Scattered
Polar desert: Frequent
Northern arctic Tundra: Frequent
Mid Arctic Tundra: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- Stellaria edwardsii R. Br., Chlor. Melvill.: 13 (1823). Type (BM): Canada: the Northwest Territories?, Melville Island the Winter Harbour area, 1819-1820, leg. Edwards.
- ?Stellaria ciliatosepala Trautv., Phaenog. Pfl. Hochnord.: 52 (1847). Described from the Taimyr River from 74N to the mouth (Siberia). Type in LE.
2n=
36-104 (3x-8x). - Löve and Löve (1975a) referred about six different numbers under the names S. edwardsii and S. ciliatosepala, one of 2n = ca. 52 from North America and the remaining of 2n = 72-104 from European Russia and Siberia.
Geography: Circumpolar ?: NOR? RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL.
Notes: Elven and Petrovsky: We tentatively synonymize the North American name Stellaria edwardsii and the Eurasian name S. ciliatosepala. Hultén (1943a) only mentioned the name S. edwardsii in synonymy of S. ciliatosepala var. arctica. Löve's concept of S. edwardsii was collective and included S. ciliatosepala. The question mark for Norway is due to Chater and Heywood (1993) who accepted this species from Svalbard. As far as we know, only S. crassipes is present in Svalbard (Often 1989).
Higher Taxa
- Stellaria longipes [420116,species]