Claytonia arctica Adam
First published in Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 94 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Siberia to Alaska (St. Lawrence Island), Komandor Islands to Alaska (NW. Seward Peninsula). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alaska, Aleutian Is., Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Yakutskiya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Claytonia arctica var. chrysantha Trautv. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 56 (1877), not validly publ.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Claytonia acutifolia Ledeb. in Fl. Altaic. 1: 253 (1829), nom. illeg.
- Claytonia arctica var. albiflora Volkova in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 49: 1767 (1964)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Siberia 6: 1-301. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Miller, J.M. & Chambers, K.L. (2006). Systematics of Claytonia (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-236.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Siberia 6: 1-301. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Miller, J.M. & Chambers, K.L. (2006). Systematics of Claytonia (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-236.
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