Panarctic Flora

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630619 Oxytropis maydelliana Trautv.

Distribution

West Chukotka: Frequent
Wrangel Island: Frequent
South Chukotka: Frequent
East Chukotka: Frequent
Western Alaska: Scattered
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Frequent
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Frequent
Mid Arctic Tundra: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

2n= 96 (12x). - Far East (N), Alaska, Canada (E). - Several reports, numerous counts. For subsp. melanocarpa: Löve and Löve (1982b); Gervais and Blondeau (1999).

Geography: Amphi-Beringian - North American (N): RFE ALA CAN.

Notes: Gillespie and Elven: Two races of Oxytropis maydelliana have been proposed: an amphi-Beringian subsp. maydelliana east to the Mackenzie River and a North American subsp. melanocephala from the Mackenzie eastwards. The main diagnostic differences reported for subsp. melanocephala vs. subsp. maydelliana is in the pubescence in the inflorescence (see, e.g., Porsild and Cody 1980). These characters did not hold when inspecting a larger Canadian material (CAN). Gillett et al. (2007) did not recognize races of O. maydelliana. We do not accept the subspecies.

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