Panarctic Flora

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760501a Lomatogonium rotatum subsp. rotatum

Distribution

Northern Iceland: Scattered
Northern Fennoscandia: Rare
Kanin - Pechora: Scattered
South Chukotka: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
East Chukotka: Rare
Western Alaska: Scattered
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Central Canada: Scattered
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Scattered
Western Greenland: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered

2n= (1) 10 (2x, x = 5). - Europe (Iceland), Canada (Hudson Bay). - D. Löve (1953); Löve and Löve (1956b, 1982b).
(2) 16 (2x, x = 8). - Europe (Iceland), Asia (E). - Löve and Löve (1986a); Yuan and Küpfer (1993).
This is another problem with divergent chromosomal information due to the Löves. In 1975 they reported the base number to be x = 5 based on two counts on Icelandic plants in the 1950s. Later reports rather indicate a base number of x = 8. There are surprisingly few reports for this widespread species and four of the five known to us are due to the Löves. The number reported from the related Lomatogonium carinthiacum supports x = 8 as the base number. We are tempted to reject the 2n = 10 reports altogether. This number is only known from one other northern representative of Gentianaceae, Comastoma tenellum, and misidentification of these two species is not very likely.

Geography: European (NE) & Asian (C-NE) & North American - amphi-Atlantic (W): ICE RUS RFE ALA CAN GRL.

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