Puccinellia arctica (Hook.) Fernald & Weath.
Publ. & Syn.Puccinellia agrostidea T.J. Sørensen, Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 135: 78 (1955). Holotype (CAN-127503): Canada: the Northwest Territories, Banks Island, De Salis Bay on the south coast, 31. July 1949, leg. A.E. Porsild 17,614. - Phippsia agrostidea (T.J. Sørensen) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 498 (1976).
NotesConsaul and Gillespie (2001), Soreng et al. (2003), and Davis and Consaul (2007) synonymized the two diploid Sørensen species Puccinellia agrostidea and P. poacea with P. arctica. See the justification by Davis and Consaul (2007).
Chromosomes14 (2x). - Canada. - Mosquin and Hayley (1966, for P. poacea); Hedberg (1967, for P. agrostidea).
GeographyAmerican Beringian - North American (N): ALA CAN.
Distribution N = S     AN = r     B = R     C = R     D = R     E = F     CC = s     EP = r     AW = r     [ key ]
Parent taxonPuccinellia Parl.
PAF ID343212
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
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