741305d Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. pedris (Harshb.) S.B. Young
Distribution
West Chukotka: Present (Frequency unknown)
South Chukotka: Frequent
East Chukotka: Frequent
Western Alaska: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Presence uncertain
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- S.B. Young, Rhodora 72: 450 (1970). - Vaccinium uliginosum var. pedris Harshb., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 67: 232 (1928). Described from Pedro Dome near Fairbanks (Alaska).
2n=
(1) 36 (6x). - Far East (N), Alaska (W). - Alsos et al. (2002, four counts). Hexaploid in FCM, Alsos et al. (2002).
(2) 48 (8x). - Far East (N), Alaska (W). - Alsos et al. (2002, two counts). Octoploid in FCM, Alsos et al. (2006).
(3) 72 (12x). - Alaska (C). - Young (1965, several counts).
Geography: Amphi-Beringian: RFE ALA.
Notes: Alsos and Elven: If subsp. pedris and subsp. occidentale are merged, the latter name has priority. The former name is retained because it surely refers to the Alaskan and Chukotkan plant in question and because Young (1970a) found subsp. pedris and subsp. occidentale different morphologically. Young reported subsp. pedris from Alaska, East Chukotka, Kamtchatka, the Okhotsk region, Sakhalin, Japan, and Korea, i.e., as mainly northeastern Asian. However, Pacific Asian plants south of Chukotka rather connect to subsp. occidentale in molecular markers.
Higher Taxa
- Vaccinium uliginosum [741305,species]