911902 Angelica archangelica subsp. archangelica L.
- L., Sp. Pl.: 250 (1753). Described from northern Scandinavia. Lectotype (LINN): Herb. Linn. 354.1 (Reduron in Jonsell and Jarvis 2002: 83).
- Archangelica norwegica Rupr., Fl. Samojed. Cisural.: 37 (1845). Described from Norway. - Angelica norwegica (Rupr.) Nyman, Suppl. Syll. Fl. Eur.: 26 (1865).
2n=
22 (2x). - Europe (N), Russia (N). - Several reports.
Geography: Amphi-Atlantic (E) - European: ICE NOR RUS GRL.
Notes: Two races of Angelica archangelica are accepted in the North Atlantic area (e.g., Cannon 1968b; Weinert 1973; Elven 1994; Mossberg and Stenberg 2004; Elven et al. 2005; Fröberg 2010): subsp. archangelica and subsp. litoralis. The two differ in several characters assumed to be independently inherited (Fröberg) and are nearly allopatric. Subspecies archangelica is a common plant in the southern Arctic in mainland northern Europe, Iceland, and Greenland. Hultén and Fries (1986) and other sources have reported subsp. litoralis from the arctic parts of Iceland but Fröberg doubts this. All Icelandic material he has inspected belongs to subsp. archangelica. Subspecies litoralis is southern in Scandinavia and does not approach the Arctic in any recognizable form. The same is most probably the case in the Murman area in European Russia.
Higher Taxa
- Angelica [9119,genus]