Distribution
Native to:
Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, British Columbia, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Mongolia, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Sakhalin, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Extinct in:
Denmark
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Arbutus alpina L. in Sp. Pl.: 395 (1753)
- Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 287 (1825)
- Mairania alpina (L.) Desv. in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 37 (1813)
- Mairrania alpina (L.) Desv. in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 37 (1813)
- Uva-ursi alpina (L.) Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 401 (1821 publ. 1822)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Arctostaphylos alpina var. japonica (Nakai) Hultén in Fl. Kamtchatka 4: 35 (1930)
- Arctous alpina var. japonica (Nakai) Ohwi in Fl. Jap.: 905 (1953)
- Arctous japonica Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 134 (1921)
- Vaccinium merkii Fisch. ex Herder in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 1: 323 (1872)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
- Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
- Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
- Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2005). Flora of China 14: 1-581. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
- 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.
- Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
- Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images