670206 Smelowskia borealis (Greene) W.H. Drury & Rollins
Distribution
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- W.H. Drury & Rollins, Rhodora 54: 111 (1952). - Melanidion boreale Greene, Ottawa Naturalist 25: 146 (1912). Holotype (CAN)?: Canada: the Yukon Territory, Runt Creek, 141W 6618'N, 04. July 1911, leg. D.D. Cairnes 81,249. - Ermania borealis (Greene) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., n. s., sect. 2, 41, 1: 878 (1945).
- Smelowskia borealis var. jordalii W.H. Drury & Rollins, Rhodora 54: 116 (1952). Holotype (MIN): Alaska: the northeastern Brooks Range, Lake Peters, the Romanzoff Mountains, lat. 6920'N, long 14500'W, 11. July 1948, leg. L.A. Spetzman 597. - Smelowskia borealis subsp. jordalii (W.H. Drury & Rollins) Cody, Canad. Field-Naturalist 108: 94 (1994).
2n=
12 (2x). - Alaska. - At least four reports for var. villosa, var. jordalii, and var. koliana.
Not included: The Asian chromosome reports referred by Löve and Löve (1975a) for Ermania borealis (= Smelowskia borealis) belong to S. parryoides. The Löves confused these two species.
Geography: American Beringian: ALA CAN.
Notes: Murray and Elven: Drury and Rollins (1952) and Rollins (1993) divided Smelowskia borealis on several varieties. We are skeptical to whether a consistent division is possible and this doubt was expressed earlier by Gjærevoll (1963), Hultén (1968b), and Yurtsev (in comments). Warwick et al. (2003a) found no molecular support for a division but their markers probably would not have resolution at such low taxonomic level. Al-Shehbaz (2010f) discussed the variation but refrained from accepting infraspecific taxa.
Higher Taxa
- Smelowskia [6702,genus]