| Hierochloë alpina (Sw.) Roem. & Schult. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 515 (1817). - Holcus alpinus Sw. in Willd., Sp. Pl. 4, 2: 937 (1806). Lectotype (S!): Sweden: Torne lappmark, "från fjället Kärpile", leg. Liljeblad, Herb. Swartzii (Weimarck 1971: 157). See notes. - Anthoxanthum monticolum subsp. alpinum (Sw.) Soreng, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48: 112 (2003). |
| Notes | Schouten and Veldkamp (1985) referred as holotype for Holcus alpinus Sw. a collection from Sweden: Lapland, Herb. Willdenow 18699 (B). Several elements are relevant as syntypes and there can be no holotype. We consider this Swartz name lectotypified as done by Weimarck. |
| Chromosomes | (1) 56 (8x). - Europe (N), Russia (N), Siberia (N), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, Greenland. - Numerous reports, hundreds of counts. (2) 64-78 (ca. 9-11x). - Europe (N). - Weimarck (1970a, 1970b, 1971, 1973, 1976, numerous counts). |
| Geography | Circumpolar-alpine: NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL. |
| Distribution | N = F AN = f B = S AO = f C = F GW = f D = F E = F CC = f WI = f YG = f HL = f FN = s EP = f CE = f CS = f UN = f YK = s AW = f GE = f Kh = f SF = s CW = f Tm = f KP = s [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Hierochloë R. Br. |
| PAF ID | 340901 |