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500717 Saxifraga spinulosa Adams

Distribution

Kanin - Pechora: Presence uncertain
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Scattered
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Frequent
Anabar - Onenyo: Scattered
Kharaulakh: Frequent
Yana - Kolyma: Rare
West Chukotka: Rare
Wrangel Island: Presence uncertain
South Chukotka: Rare
East Chukotka: Rare
Mid Arctic Tundra: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

2n= (1) ca. 44. - Siberia (S). - Belaeva and Siplivinsly (1976).
(2) ca. 50. - Russia (N). - Sokolovskaya (1970).
(3) ca. 80. - Siberia (S). - Krogulevich (1971); Belaeva and Siplivinsky (1976).
Not included: A report of 2n = 28 (2x?) from West Chukotka (Zhukova 1969, for S. firma) probably belongs to another species.

Geography: Asian (N/C): RUS SIB RFE.

Notes: Zhmylev: Saxifraga spinulosa is a Siberian arctic-boreal mountain species of considerable morphological variability, differing from S. funstonii by, e.g., short cilia along the leaf margin.

Murray and Elven: Zhmylev indicated occurrence also in Alaska. We ask where in Alaska this species occurs.

Higher Taxa