Draba oligosperma Hook.
Publ. & Syn.Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 51 (1830). Holotype (K): Canada: the Northwest Territories, "summit of a limestone hill, Mackenzie River, lat. 68".
NotesEriksen and Elven: Draba oligosperma was found in 1999 in a locality on Victoria Island (B. Eriksen, specimens in GBG, ALA, CAN, and O, identified by Elven). The distance to the nearest locality, in the non-arctic parts of the Mackenzie Mountains (Porsild and Cody 1980), is rather long (ca. 1000 km).
Chromosomes(1) 32 (4x). - North America (W). - Chinnappa and Chmielewski (1987).
(2) ca. 60 64 (8x). - Canada. - Rollins (1966, 2n = ca. 60); Mulligan (1972, eight counts).
Vouchers for the two ploidy levels should be compared.
GeographyCordilleran: CAN.
Distribution N = S     D = R     CC = r     [ key ]
Parent taxonDraba L.
PAF ID672115
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