Panarctic Flora

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520101 Epilobium palustre L.

Distribution

Northern Iceland: Frequent
Northern Fennoscandia: Frequent
Kanin - Pechora: Frequent
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Scattered
Yamal - Gydan: Rare
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Rare
Kharaulakh: Rare
West Chukotka: Rare
South Chukotka: Rare
East Chukotka: Rare
Western Alaska: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Scattered
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Scattered
Western Greenland: Scattered
Eastern Greenland: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

GBIF

2n= 36 (4x?). - Europe (N, W, C), Siberia (N), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, U.S.A. - Numerous reports.

Geography: Circumboreal-polar: ICE NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL.

Notes: Samuelsson (1922) illustrated three specimens from Vaigach (in S) as Epilobium tundrarum: "Ljamtschino Bay", 1902, leg. Ekstam; "Jugor Schar", 1902, leg. Ekstam; and "Jugor Schar", 1875, leg. Kjellman and Lundström. A lectotype should be chosen among these.

Raven (1968) and Löve and Löve (1975a) accepted E. tundrarum, whereas Skvortsov (1980a, PAF proposal) included it in E. palustre. Hoch commented that he agrees with Skvortsov in this regard and considers E. tundrarum to be a locally distinct race, similar to many others within the range of the extremely variable E. palustre.

Higher Taxa