860101b Solidago virgaurea subsp. lapponica (With.) Tzvelev
Distribution
Northern Fennoscandia: Frequent
Kanin - Pechora: Frequent
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Rare
Yamal - Gydan: Rare
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Tzvelev, Fl. Evrop. Chasti SSSR 7: 178 (1994). - Solidago lapponica With., Arr. Brit. Pl., ed. 3, 3: 728 (1796). Described from "Lapland" (northern Scandinavia).
- Solidago minuta auct., non L. (1763). - Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta auct., non (L.) Arcang. (1882).
2n=
18 (2x). - Russia (N). - At least three reports, perhaps more from northwestern Europe.
Geography: European (N) - Asian (NW): NOR RUS SIB.
Notes: The name and affinity of the northern European arctic-alpine race has been discussed. The name "minuta" has priority at both species and subspecies rank: Solidago minuta L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1235. 1763 described from the Pyrenees; lectotype: ["Virga Aurea Omnium minima Floribus maximis" in Hermann, Parad. Bat.: 245. 1698. (Garbari and Cecchi in Jarvis and Turland 1998: 367)], S. virgaurea subsp. minuta (L.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 339 (1882). Until recently, this name was applied by Nordic authors to the northern plant but central European authors now mostly accept subsp. minuta and subsp. lapponica as different races, restrict the name "minuta" to the central and southern European mountain plant, and apply the name "lapponica" to the northern plants: "Nahestehenden Parallellformen in den Gebirgen Skandinaviens und in der Arktis" (Wagenitz 1979). We tentatively follow that view.
Higher Taxa
- Solidago virgaurea [860101,species]