Antennaria friesiana

Antennaria friesiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Antennaria
Species: A. friesiana
Binomial name
Antennaria friesiana
(Trautv.) E.Ekman
Synonyms[1]
  • Antennaria alpina var. friesiana Trautv.
  • Antennaria angustifolia Ekman 1927 not Rydb. 1899
  • Antennaria ekmaniana A.E.Porsild
  • Antennaria alaskana Malte, syn of subsp. alaskana
  • Antennaria beringensis (V.V.Petrovsky) Barkalov, syn of subsp. beringensis
  • Antennaria neoalaskana A.E.Porsild, syn of subsp. neoalaskana

Antennaria friesiana (Fries' pussytoes) is an Arctic species of plants in the sunflower family. It is the northern reaches of Asia and North America (Russia, Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador, and Greenland). Many of the populations lack male (staminate) flowers and reproduce asexually.[2][3][4][5]

Subspecies[1][2]

Classification of this and related species is still a subject of discussion, but The Plant List maintained by Kew Botanic Gardens in London recognizes four subspecies:

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List search for Antennaria friesiana
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 412 Antennaria friesiana (Trautvetter) E. Ekman
  3. ↑ Hultén, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska i–xxi, 1–1008. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
  4. ↑ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 State-Level Species Map
  6. ↑ The International Plant Names Index

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