863207 Saussurea tilesii (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
Distribution
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Rare
Yamal - Gydan: Rare
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Frequent
Anabar - Onenyo: Frequent
Kharaulakh: Frequent
Yana - Kolyma: Frequent
West Chukotka: Frequent
Wrangel Island: Frequent
South Chukotka: Frequent
East Chukotka: Frequent
Northern arctic Tundra: Scattered
Mid Arctic Tundra: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- Ledeb., Icon. Pl. 1: 15 (1829). - Serratula tilesii Ledeb., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 562 (1815). Type (LE): Russian Far East: "in Camtschatka ... am Tilesius. Petrop." 1813?
- Saussurea tschuktschorum Lipsch., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 16: 452 (1954). Described from Chukotka (the Russian Far East).
- Saussurea glabriuscula A.P. Khokhr., Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 88, 5: 96 (1983). Described from the Russian Far East. - Saussurea tilesii var. glabriuscula (A.P. Khokhr.) Korobkov, Fl. Arct. URSS 10: 248 (1987).
2n=
(1) ca. 36 (4x, x = 9?). - Siberia (Yakutia). - Sokolovskaya and Strelkova (1960).
(2) 48 (6x, x = 8). - Far East (N). - At least five reports.
(3) 52 54 (6x, x = 9?. 4x, x = 13?). - Siberia (N). - Krogulevich (1976a); Krogulevich and Rostovtseva (1984).
Geography: Asian (N): RUS SIB RFE.
Notes: Korobkov (PAF proposal) accepted a var. glabriuscula. It occurs in Chukotka and might deserve entry but we should know more about it first. Barkalov (1992) did not accept it as a taxon.
Higher Taxa
- Saussurea [8632,genus]