420804 Arenaria pseudofrigida (Ostenf. & O.C. Dahl) Juz. ex Schischk. & Knorring
Distribution
Northern Fennoscandia: Scattered
Kanin - Pechora: Rare
Svalbard - Franz Joseph Land: Frequent
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Scattered
Ellesmere Island: Rare
Eastern Greenland: Frequent
Polar desert: Presence uncertain
Northern arctic Tundra: Scattered
Mid Arctic Tundra: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- Schischk. & Knorring, Fl. URSS 6: 537 (1936). - Arenaria ciliata subsp. pseudofrigida Ostenf. & O.C. Dahl, Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 55: 217 (1917). Lectotype (O!): Norway: Finnmark, Vardø, Persfjord, 23. Aug. 1917, leg. O.C. Dahl (Jonsell 1996: 5).
- Arenaria ciliata auct., non L. (1753).
2n=
40 (4x). - Europe (N), Greenland. - Three reports.
Geography: Amphi-Atlantic: NOR RUS GRL.
Notes: The rank of this taxon - as species or as a race of Arenaria ciliata - has been disputed. We follow the opinion of Jonsell (2001b): "A. pseudofrigida is in many recent works regarded as a subspecies of A. ciliata L., which is primarily a species of Central European mountains (described from C and SW Europe) but variously circumscribed. Taken widely, some local tetraploid taxa in the W and N of Europe (among those A. pseudofrigida) are included on subspecies level. Since the relations between the many local European taxa in the complex are far from clear, a narrow species concept is preferred here."
Higher Taxa
- Arenaria [4208,genus]