Harrimanella Coville
Publ. & Syn.Coville, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 569 (1901).
NotesHarrimanella has for long been suspected to be a genus apart from Cassiope, based on morphological evidence (Stevens 1970). This is now supported by molecular evidence (Kron et al. 1999). The two genera are not very close in a molecular Ericaceae phylogeny.
Chromosomes26 (2x). - Europe (N), Russia (N), Alaska, Canada, Greenland. - Several reports.
GeographyAmphi-Pacific: ALA.
Parent taxonEricaceae
Child taxa Harrimanella hypnoides (L.) Coville
Harrimanella stelleriana (Pall.) Coville
PAF ID7407
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
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