Stellaria sitchana Steud.
First published in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 637 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Aleutian Islands to W. & W. Central U.S.A. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Alsine brachypetala Howell in Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 82 (1897), nom. illeg.
- Stellaria borealis subsp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper & Beattie in Fl. N.W. Coast: 147 (1915)
- Stellaria borealis var. sitchana (Steud.) Fernald in Rhodora 16: 151 (1914)
- Stellaria brachypetala Bong. in Veg. Sitcha: 126 (1833), nom. illeg.
- Stellaria calycantha var. sitchana (Steud.) Fernald in Rhodora 42: 255 (1940)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Stellaria borealis subsp. bongardiana (Fernald) Piper & Beattie in Fl. N.W. Coast: 147 (1915)
- Stellaria borealis var. bongardiana Fernald in Rhodora 16: 151 (1914)
- Stellaria calycantha var. bongardiana (Fernald) Fernald in Rhodora 42: 255 (1940)
- Stellaria longifolia var. legitima Regel in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(I): 288 (1862), not validly publ.
- Stellaria sitchana var. bongardiana (Fernald) Hultén in Fl. Aleutian Isl.: 164 (1937)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0