Geum aleppicum Jacq.
Publ. & Syn.Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 10 (1786). Described on plants of unknown origin, perhaps cultivated, probably originating from Aleppo (Syria).
NotesYurtsev (PAF proposal) accepted the North American plant of Geum aleppicum s. lat. as G. strictum. North American authors have mostly treated it as a variety. We treat it as a major subspecies besides the non-arctic Eurasian G. aleppicum subsp. aleppicum.
Chromosomes42 (6x). - Europe, Russia, Siberia, Canada (E), U.S.A. (E). - Numerous reports.
GeographyCircumboreal.
Parent taxonGeum L.
Child taxa Geum aleppicum subsp. strictum (Aiton) R.T. Clausen
PAF ID640902
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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)