Flora of Greenland Checklist

• Main Authors: Jacobsen, Ida Bomholt Dyrholm, Böcher, Tyge Wittrock, Holmen, Kjeld Axel, Jakobsen, Knud
• Format: Dataset
• Language: Danish
• Published: Greenland Institute of Natural Resources 2020
• Subjects: Checklist; Flora of Greenland; Greenland; Jakobsen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/r9efxw; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/0d27ff8a-50f4-4a3b-b7c4-0a4e5e786f28

This is a checklist of all native and naturalized taxa of vascular plants (species, subspecies, forma, and varieties) mentioned as occurring in Greenland in Grønlands Flora, Böcher, Holmen, and Jakobsen, Haase, 1978. The checklist is a historically important inventory of the taxa occurring in Greenland known in 1978. Some taxa have been omitted even though mentioned in the flora: (1) Taxa mentioned as “possibly” or “maybe” occurring in Greenland, (2) Taxa not mentioned by unanimous scientific name (a few mentioned by chromosome number but not named), (3) Hybrids, (4) Taxa described as only occurring in Greenland as cultivated or farmed species have not been included. With the exception of taxa mentioned in full numbered description on level with all other main taxa (e.g. Avena sativa #706). The total number of native and naturalized taxa mentioned in Groenlands Flora is 766. This high number of taxa includes 583 species, 81 subspecies (15 species only represented by descriptions of subspecies or lower rank), 27 forma and 73 varieties. This number is much higher than the 497 native species which the authors state to have included 497. This inventory finds that the flora includes descriptions of 468 species (15 represented be description of subspecies) of native and naturalized species, 26 forma, 80 subspecies and 72 varieties). There is no detailed description of which species the authors included in their count in what categories.