Dryas integrifolia subsp. integrifolia
Publ. & Syn.Dryas chamissonis Spreng. ex Jurtz., Fl. Arct. URSS 9, 1: 322, 283 (1984). Holotype (LE): Russian Far East: East Chukotka, "ad sin. St. Laurent.", leg. Eschscholtz. - Dryas integrifolia subsp. chamissonis (Spreng.) Scoggan, Fl. Canada 1: 51 (1978).
NotesElven and Murray: Yurtsev proposed Dryas chamissonis to be a species apart from D. integrifolia, with a nearly identical range from West Chukotka east to eastern Greenland. He stated that as a member of hybrid or hybridogeneous combinations, D. chamissonis is often not distinguishable from D. integrifolia due to the increased number of teeth on leaves of such plants. We do not accept D. chamissonis and consider it a recurrent part of the morphological variation throughout the range of D. integrifolia subsp. integrifolia.
       Yurtsev proposed as canescent varieties D. integrifolia var. canescens Simmons, Vasc. Pl. Ellesmereland: 46 (1906), from RFE to GRL, and D. chamissonis var. incana Jurtz., Fl. Arct. URSS 9, 1: 323 (1984), from RFE and ALA. He commented on canescent forms in general (see his notes to the genus above) and especially about var. canescens that it is "a cryo-xerophilous calcicolous ecotype with a rather disjunctive distribution; the range is incompletely known".
Chromosomes18 (2x). - Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, Greenland. - Numerous reports, a few for D. chamissonis.
GeographyAmphi-Beringian - North American (N): RFE ALA CAN GRL.
Distribution N = F     AN = f     B = R     C = F     GW = f     D = F     E = F     CC = f     WI = f     HL = f     EP = f     CE = f     CS = s     AW = f     GE = f     CW = s     [ key ]
Parent taxonDryas integrifolia Vahl
PAF ID640806a
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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)