630605 Oxytropis kokrinensis A.E. Porsild
Distribution
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Presence uncertain
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- A.E. Porsild, Rhodora 41: 251 (1939). Holotype (CAN): Alaska: the Kokrines Mountains, north side of divide towards Melozitna River, 23. June - 05. July 1926, leg. A.E. Porsild and R.T. Porsild 762.
2n=
16 (2x). - Alaska (Howard Pass). - Holmen (1962, voucher combined with O. bryophila).
Geography: American Beringian: ALA.
Notes: Elven and Murray: Hultén (1968a) mapped Oxytropis kokrinensis from three localities in central and northwestern Alaska, two of them arctic, but it has subsequently been found in several new localities in the same general areas. This is a distinct but fairly local species, possibly diploid.
Higher Taxa
- Oxytropis [6306,genus]