Open AccessNotes on Eritrichium (Boraginaceae) in North America III. Three new species of Eritrichium
Author(s) -
David F. Murray
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the botanical research institute of texas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2644-1608
pISSN - 1934-5259
DOI - 10.17348/jbrit.v11.i1.1133
Subject(s) - arctic , boreal , geography , range (aeronautics) , ecology , boraginaceae , mountain range (options) , the arctic , physical geography , oceanography , archaeology , biology , geology , materials science , financial economics , economics , composite material
Three new species of Eritrichium Schrad. ex Gaudin from boreal and arctic Alaska and Yukon are described: E. arenosum, E. boreale, and E. grandiflorum. These species are morphologically allied with the primarily Asiatic E. sericeum complex. Eritrichium arenosum is apparently restricted to sand dunes of the central Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Eritrichium boreale and E. grandiflorum occur on mountain slopes and rocky summits from the western Brooks Range through the interior of Alaska, and east to Yukon, Canada.