Floristics, systematics, and the study of arctic vegetationa commentary
Abstract. Some remarks are made on the special problem encountered in arctic plant geography and vegetation studies, viz. the circumpolar distribution of many taxa, which may have been described independently in different countries. 80 % of the arctic bryophytes, 70 % of the lichens and 50 % of the...
| Published in: | Journal of Vegetation Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1994
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3236192 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2307%2F3236192 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2307/3236192 |
| Summary: | Abstract. Some remarks are made on the special problem encountered in arctic plant geography and vegetation studies, viz. the circumpolar distribution of many taxa, which may have been described independently in different countries. 80 % of the arctic bryophytes, 70 % of the lichens and 50 % of the vascular plants have a circumpolar distribution and especially amongst the vascular plants there are several cases of confusion. Special attention is paid to Dupontia fisheri s.l., Carex aquatilis s.l. and C. bigelowii s.l. Especially for a classification of vegetation based on floristic data, having a list of accepted plant names and knowing their synonyms is of paramount importance. An electronic database for arctic vegetation will foster, if not require, more unified approaches to the description of plant communities. |
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