| Saxifraga spinulosa Adams | |
| Publ. & Syn. | ?Saxifraga firma Litv. ex Losinsk., Fl. URSS 9: 184, 488 (1939). Described from the Chukchi Peninsula in East Chukotka (the Russian Far East). Type in LE. |
| Notes | Zhmylev: Saxifraga spinulosa is a Siberian arctic-boreal mountain species of considerable morphological variability, differing from S. funstonii by, e.g., short cilia along the leaf margin. Murray and Elven: Zhmylev indicated occurrence also in Alaska. We ask where in Alaska this species occurs. |
| Chromosomes | (1) ca. 44. - Siberia (S). - Belaeva and Siplivinsly (1976). (2) ca. 50. - Russia (N). - Sokolovskaya (1970). (3) ca. 80. - Siberia (S). - Krogulevich (1971); Belaeva and Siplivinsky (1976). Not included: A report of 2n = 28 (2x?) from West Chukotka (Zhukova 1969, for S. firma) probably belongs to another species. |
| Geography | Asian (N/C): RUS SIB RFE. |
| Distribution | N = F AO = s C = S D = F E = F WI = ? CE = r CS = r UN = s YK = r Kh = f CW = r Tm = f KP = ? [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Saxifraga L. |
| PAF ID | 500717 |