860812d Antennaria friesiana subsp. alaskana (Malte) Hultén
Distribution
East Chukotka: Presence uncertain
Western Alaska: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Hultén, Ark. Bot., n. s., 7, 1: 134 (1968). - Antennaria alaskana Malte, Rhodora 36: 107 (1934). Holotype (GH): Alaska: the Seward Peninsula, Port Clarence the Teller area, 20. July 1901, leg. Walpole 1496.
2n=
(1) 28 (4x). - North America. - Bayer and Stebbins (1987); Bayer (1993).
(2) 56 (8x). - North America. - Johnson and Packer (1968); Bayer (1993).
Bayer (2006) accepted tetraploids and octoploids in his sexual subsp. alaskana. Not included: 2n = 63, see notes.
Geography: American Beringian (or amphi-Beringian (E)?): RFE? ALA CAN.
Notes: Petrovsky and Elven: Male and female plants are equally frequent in subsp. alaskana; sexual. Subspecies alaskana is reported from East Chukotka with the deviating chromosome number of 2n = 63 (9x: Zhukova and Tikhonova 1971). We have inspected the voucher plants (LE). They are all males, very strange with that number. The record of subsp. alaskana from northeastern Asia is therefore uncertain.
Higher Taxa
- Antennaria friesiana [860812,species]