Beckmannia Host
Publ. & Syn.Casual: Beckmannia eruciformis subsp. eruciformis.
Chromosomes(1) 28 29 30 (4x). - Far East (N), North America. - Several reports. The Alaskan reports of Bowden (1960a), Mitchell and McKendrick (1975), and Mitchell (1992) almost certainly belong to this taxon.
(2) 42 (6x). - Far East (N). - Two reports.
(3) 56 (8x). - North America. - Bowden (1960a, omitted by Löve and Löve 1975a).
Arctagrostis arundinacea is predominantly but not exclusively tetraploid.
GeographyAsian (N) - amphi-Beringian: SIB RFE ALA CAN.
Parent taxonPoaceae
Child taxa Beckmannia eruciformis (L.) Host
Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald
PAF ID3439
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
Editorial Committee: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray (Museum of the North, University of Alaska), Volodya Yu. Razzhivin (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Boris A. Yurtsev [deceased] (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)