Arabis alpina L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 664 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & Central Europe to W. Central Siberia, N. & E. Canada to Greenland. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Norway, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Somalia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, West Siberia

Introduced into:

Argentina South, Baltic States, Buryatiya, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
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  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
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  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Geltman, D.A. & Ebel, A.L. (2009). Some interesting findings of the Cruciferae in Asia. Sistematicheskie Zametki po Materialam Gerbarii Imeni P. N. Krylova pri Tomskom Gosudarstvennom Universitete 101: 5-11.
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  • Jonsell, B. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cruciferae: 1-73.
  • Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2004). Flora of Siberia 7: 1-318. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
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Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03586. epublication.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Geltman, D.A. & Ebel, A.L. (2009). Some interesting findings of the Cruciferae in Asia. Sistematicheskie Zametki po Materialam Gerbarii Imeni P. N. Krylova pri Tomskom Gosudarstvennom Universitete 101: 5-11.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2004). Flora of Siberia 7: 1-318. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

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  • Chiov. & Cortesi in Il Ruwenzori: 460 (1909).
  • Hedb. in Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 49 (1964).
  • Hedb. in Caryologia 15: 253 (1962)
  • Jonsell in Bot. Notis. 129: 124 (1976).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 664 (1753).
  • Lugard & Bullock in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1933: 62 (1933).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 94 (1957).
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