Draba alpina var. micropetala Durand

, Pl. Kaneanae Groenl. 187 (1856).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83396-2
Species Name
Draba alpina L., Sp. Pl. 2: 642 (1753).
Publication
Plantae Kaneanae Groenlandicae. Enumeration of plants collected by Dr. E.K.Kane, U.S.N., in his first and second expeditions to the polar regions; with descriptions and remarks.
Collation
187
Date of Publication
May 1856
Family as entered in IPNI
Brassicaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
E. K. Kane s.n.
Locality
Rensselaer Harbor, 79°
Type Herbaria
lectotype PH
Distribution Of Types
Greenland (Subarctic America, Northern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, n.s. 3: 187. Nov 1856.

Remarks

Durand remarked: Perhaps D. micropetala, Hook. ..., but scarcely anything more than another form of D. alpina. Because of Durand's expression of doubt (Perhaps D. micropetala, Hook. ...), his D. alpina var. micropetala is not treated as a new combination based on D. micropetala.