Panarctic Flora

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760203 Gentianella propinqua (Richardson) J.M. Gillett

Geography: Amphi-Beringian (E) - North American.

Notes: The genus Arctogentia was erected by Löve and Löve (1982b) to include Gentianella aurea and G. propinqua. He later transferred these species to the more species-rich Aloitis Raf. 1836. Few authors have accepted these genera.

The two proposed races of Gentianella propinqua differ morphologically in a few, distinct characters but are largely sympatric: subsp. arctophila is nearly confined within the range of subsp. propinqua. This is not an obvious case of subspecies as geographical races.

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