710110 Primula tschuktschorum Kjellm.
Distribution
East Chukotka: Rare
Western Alaska: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Rare
- Kjellm. in Nordensk., Vega-Exp. Vetensk. Iaktt. 1: 516 (1882). Holotype (S): Russian Far East: East Chukotka, the Chukchi Peninsula, St. Lawrence Bay, 20.-21. June 1879, leg. F.R. Kjellman.
- Primula tschuktschorum var. beringensis A.E. Porsild, Canad. Field-Naturalist 79: 87 (1965). Holotype (CAN): Alaska: St. Lawrence Island, Boxer Bay, 1960, leg. Sauer. - Primula tschuktschorum subsp. beringensis (A.E. Porsild) Jurtz. & Kozhevn., Bot. Zhurn. 57: 73 (1972). - Primula beringensis (A.E. Porsild) Jurtz., Bot. Zhurn. 60: 242 (1975).
2n=
22 (2x). - Far East (East Chukotka), Alaska (Seward Peninsula). - At least three reports.
Geography: Amphi-Beringian: RFE ALA.
Notes: Kelso: Primula tschuktschorum is only known from the Chukchi Peninsula, St. Lawrence Island, and the Seward Peninsula (Kelso 1987a). Some confusion has resulted from this entity being considered more widespread (Hultén 1968a, 1968b) or even the most widespread one, and by Löve and Löve (1975a) recognizing three subspecies and obviously considering their subsp. tschuktschorum the most widespread.
Elven, Parker, and Murray: After Kelso's study some large-grown, broad-leaved, beautifully large-flowered and distinctly heterostylous plants have been collected in at least two localities in the Cape Newenham area in southwestern Alaska (ALA). These plants do not really resemble the small and narrow-leaved plants from the Chukchi and Seward peninsulas, to which the name P. tschuktschorum belongs. Kelso (2009c), however, included them in this species.
Higher Taxa
- Primula [7101,genus]