760104 Gentiana verna L.
Distribution
Kanin - Pechora: Scattered
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- L., Sp. Pl.: 228 (1753). Described from the Alps. Type not designated (Jarvis 2007: 535). - Calathiana verna (L.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 170 (1973).
- Gentiana arctica Grossh., Dokl. Akad. Nauk Azerbaidzhansk. SSR 3, 1: 32 (1947). Described from Kolguev (European Russia). - Gentiana verna var. arctica (Grossh.) Tolm., Fl. Sev.-Vost. Evrop. SSSR 4: 60 (1977). - Gentiana verna subsp. arctica (Grossh.) V.G. Sergienko, Fl. Poluostrov Kanin: 85 (1986).
2n=
26 28 (4x). - Europe (C, S), Russia (N), Siberia. - Numerous reports, one for "arctica" (Sokolovskaya 1970).
Geography: European (NE) & European (C-S) - Asian (W) & Asian (C): RUS.
Notes: Gentiana verna is a mainly alpine plant with a very disjunct range. The plants in arctic European Russia are particularly isolated. They have in more recent times been considered a separate race as var./subsp. arctica.
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Source: Migas at Wikispecies
Higher Taxa
- Gentiana [7601,genus]