Arabis pycnocarpa M. Hopkins
Publ. & Syn.M. Hopkins, Rhodora 39: 112 (1937). Holotype (GH): Canada: Quebec, Gaspé Peninsula, Bonaventure Co., St. Jean l'Evangéliste, Nouvelle, 19.-20. July 1904, leg. Collins and Fernald. - Arabis hirsuta var. pycnocarpa (M. Hopkins) Rollins, Rhodora 43: 318 (1941). - Arabis hirsuta subsp. pycnocarpa (M. Hopkins) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., n. s., sect. 2, 41, 1: 873 (1945).
NotesRollins (1993) and Cody (1996) treated Arabis pycnocarpa as a variety of A. hirsuta. It seems to be a major North American race (var./subsp. pycnocarpa) or species (A. pycnocarpa), vicariant to the Eurasian A. hirsuta, see Al-Shehbaz (2010a) for a discussion.
       The name A. borealis, sometimes applied for the North American plants, belongs to a Eurasian species, see Excluded taxa.
Chromosomes32 (4x). - Canada, U.S.A.? - Several reports.
GeographyNorth American: (ALA) CAN.
Distribution N = F     AN = b     E = R     CC = r     HL = r     AW = b     [ key ]
Parent taxonArabis L.
PAF ID671703
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