Difference between revisions of "Ranunculus sabinei"
J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot., 264. 1824.
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|name=Ranunculus pygmaeus subsp. sabinei | |name=Ranunculus pygmaeus subsp. sabinei | ||
|authority=(R. Brown) Hultén | |authority=(R. Brown) Hultén | ||
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus sabinei | |hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus sabinei | ||
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|habitat=Slopes and hummocks in tundra, in sandy or gravelly soil | |habitat=Slopes and hummocks in tundra, in sandy or gravelly soil | ||
|elevation=0 m | |elevation=0 m | ||
| − | |distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska. | + | |distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Yukon;Alaska. |
|discussion=<p>An alternative interpretation of this taxon is given by E. Hultén (1971) who considered it to be the hybrid <i>Ranunculus nivalis</i> × <i>R. pygmaeus</i>, and considered all specimens referable here to be hybrids or members of stabilized populations of hybrid origin.</p> | |discussion=<p>An alternative interpretation of this taxon is given by E. Hultén (1971) who considered it to be the hybrid <i>Ranunculus nivalis</i> × <i>R. pygmaeus</i>, and considered all specimens referable here to be hybrids or members of stabilized populations of hybrid origin.</p> | ||
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name=Ranunculus sabinei | name=Ranunculus sabinei | ||
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|authority=R. Brown | |authority=R. Brown | ||
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|habitat=Slopes and hummocks in tundra, in sandy or gravelly soil | |habitat=Slopes and hummocks in tundra, in sandy or gravelly soil | ||
|elevation=0 m | |elevation=0 m | ||
| − | |distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska. | + | |distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Yukon;Alaska. |
|reference=None | |reference=None | ||
|publication title=J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot., | |publication title=J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot., | ||
|publication year=1824 | |publication year=1824 | ||
|special status=Endemic | |special status=Endemic | ||
| − | |source xml=https:// | + | |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_649.xml |
|genus=Ranunculus | |genus=Ranunculus | ||
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus | |subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus | ||
Latest revision as of 17:14, 24 September 2021
Stems erect or decumbent, 1-12 cm, sparsely pilose, each with 1-3 flowers. Roots slender, 0.3-0.8 mm thick. Basal leaves persistent, blades broadly obovate to transversely elliptic, 3-lobed or -parted, 0.9-3 × 0.8-3.4 cm, segments undivided or again lobed, base obtuse, margins entire, apices of segments rounded to rounded-obtuse. Flowers: pedicels pilose; receptacle pilose; sepals 4-7 × 2-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 5-8 × 3-4 mm; nectary scale glabrous. Heads of achenes cylindric, 6-9 × 4 mm; achenes 1.2-1.4 × 0.8-1 mm, glabrous; beak lance-subulate, straight or curved, 0.4-0.6 mm. 2n = 64.
Phenology: Flowering summer (Jul–Aug).
Habitat: Slopes and hummocks in tundra, in sandy or gravelly soil
Elevation: 0 m
Distribution
Greenland, N.W.T., Nunavut, Yukon, Alaska.
Discussion
An alternative interpretation of this taxon is given by E. Hultén (1971) who considered it to be the hybrid Ranunculus nivalis × R. pygmaeus, and considered all specimens referable here to be hybrids or members of stabilized populations of hybrid origin.
Selected References
None.