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830405 Mertensia pubescens (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) DC.

Distribution

South Chukotka: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

GBIF

2n= (1) 24 (4x). - Far East (N). - Sokolovskaya (1963, 1968).
(2) 48 (8x). - Far East (N). - Zhukova (1980).

Geography: Asian Beringian: RFE.

Notes: Elven: Mertensia pubescens is an Asian extension of the otherwise North American M. paniculata complex (Nikiforova 1997a) and should be re-evaluated.

Petrovsky: I am not certain what plant Sokolovskaya counted the tetraploid chromosome number on. However, the same two ploidy levels are reported from M. paniculata.

Higher Taxa