Panarctic Flora

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671703 Arabis pycnocarpa var. pycnocarpa] M. Hopkins

Distribution

Western Alaska: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Central Canada: Rare
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

2n= 32 (4x). - Canada, U.S.A.? - Several reports.

Geography: North American: (ALA) CAN.

Notes: Rollins (1993) and Cody (1996) treated Arabis pycnocarpa as a variety of A. hirsuta. It seems to be a major North American race (var./subsp. pycnocarpa) or species (A. pycnocarpa), vicariant to the Eurasian A. hirsuta, see Al-Shehbaz (2010a) for a discussion.

The name A. borealis, sometimes applied for the North American plants, belongs to a Eurasian species, see Excluded taxa.

Higher Taxa