Oxytropis wrangelii Jurtz.
Publ. & Syn.Jurtz., Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 83, 1: 127 (1978). Holotype (LE): Russian Far East: Wrangel Island, "in ripa dextra elevata fluminis Somnitelnaja (Dubia) ...", 02. Aug. 1965, leg. B. Yurtsev.
NotesYurtsev (1986) mapped Oxytropis wrangelii to be frequent in Wrangel Island and with a very few localities in East Chukotka. The Wrangel Island plants are quite distinctive (Elven and Solstad, observation 2005).
Chromosomes64 (8x). - Far East (Wrangel Island). - Zhukova (1966, 1983, five counts).
GeographyAsian Beringian: RFE.
Distribution C = R     D = R     WI = f     CE = r     [ key ]
Parent taxonOxytropis DC.
PAF ID630633
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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)