Panarctic Flora

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500203a Chrysosplenium alternifolium subsp. alternifolium

Distribution

Northern Fennoscandia: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Shrub Tundra: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered

2n= (1) 36 (6x). - Europe (C). - Fürnkranz (1963).
(2) 48 (8x). - Europe - Numerous reports, see also Jalas et al. (1999).

Geography: European: (RUS).

Notes: Chrysosplenium alternifolium is replaced in North America by the probably closely related but non-arctic C. iowense Rydb., see Freeman and Levsen (2009). However, C. iowense is reported with a very high chromosome number, 2n = ca. 120.

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