520107 Epilobium anagallidifolium Lam.
Distribution
Northern Iceland: Frequent
Northern Fennoscandia: Frequent
Kanin - Pechora: Rare
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Rare
Yamal - Gydan: Rare
South Chukotka: Present (Frequency unknown)
East Chukotka: Rare
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Western Greenland: Frequent
Eastern Greenland: Frequent
Mid Arctic Tundra: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Lam., Encycl. 2: 376 (1786). Holotype (P): France: "Mont-d'Or" perhaps in Auvergne.
- Epilobium alpinum auct., non L. (1753).
2n=
(1) 18 (2x?). - Europe (Austria), Caucasus. - Mattick in Tischler (1950); Gvinianidze and Avazneli (1982).
(2) 36 (4x?). - Europe (N, W, C), Siberia, Far East, Alaska, Canada, Greenland. - Numerous reports.
Not included: Reports of 2n = 32 from southern Siberia (Krogulevich 1971) and Switzerland (Scholte 1977), both for E. alpinum.
Geography: Asian (C-NE) - amphi-Pacific/Beringian & North American (NE) - amphi-Atlantic - European (N/C): ICE NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL.
Notes: Jarvis (2007: 496) stated that the designated lectotype of the name Epilobium alpinum belongs to E. lactiflorum. Earlier records of E. alpinum are often referable to E. anagallidifolium. Hoch et al. (1995) proposed rejection of the name E. alpinum L. This proposal was approved unanimously by the Nomenclature Committee (1997) and is now part of the Code.
Cordilleran plants assigned to E. anagallidifolium differ morphologically from European (and type) ones. These deviant plants reach at least north to south-central Alaska. Some taxonomy might be involved.
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Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
Source: Wsiegmund at Wikispecies
Higher Taxa
- Epilobium [5201,genus]