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Part 6. JUNCACEAE 1: Rostkovia to Luzula - Species Plantarum ...

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<strong>JUNCACEAE</strong> (<strong>Luzula</strong>)<br />

G.Koidzumi 39053 (TNS). 38: JAPAN: Nagano, Daitenjo-Lake, J.Sugimo<strong>to</strong> 13437 (KYO). KOREA: Mt.<br />

Pai-<strong>to</strong>u-shan, T.Nakai s.n. (TI). 70: ALEUTIAN IS.: Unalaska, E.Hultén 6671 (S). ALASKA: White<br />

Pass, 20 Aug 1929, S.Enander s.n. (UPS). YUKON: Canol Road, pass between Teslin R. and Nisutlin R.,<br />

A.E.Porsild & A.Breitung 10983 (S). 71: BRITISH COLUMBIA: Red Rose Tungsten Mine, 15 km E of<br />

Skeena Crossing, c. 1600 m, J.A.Calder et al. 15173 (S).<br />

A variable subspecies; in Asia, <strong>to</strong>wards the southeast, a gradual increase in perianth and<br />

capsule size can be observed, and plants from Japan often have solitary flowers on peduncles.<br />

The Japanese plants have often been referred <strong>to</strong> as L. wahlenbergii; literature records under<br />

the latter name from NE China may also refer <strong>to</strong> subsp. unalaschkensis.<br />

48. <strong>Luzula</strong> confusa Lindeb., Bot. Not. 1855: 9 (1855)<br />

<strong>Luzula</strong> arcuata f. confusa (Lindeb.) Kjellm., Vega-Exped. Vetenskapl. Iagttagelser 2: 59 (1883), n.v.; <strong>Luzula</strong><br />

arcuata subsp. confusa (Lindeb.) O.C.Dahl, in A.G.Blytt, Handb. Norges Fl. 201 (1906); Juncoides confusa<br />

(Lindeb.) A.Heller, Cat. N. Amer. Pl., 3rd edn, 70 (1910). T: [Norway] Dovre, 1854, C.J.Lindeberg; lec<strong>to</strong>:<br />

S, designated here.<br />

<strong>Luzula</strong> spicata var. kjellmanii Nath., Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 30: 28 (1884). T: N Greenland, Kap<br />

York, Insugigsok, 26 Jul 1883, A.G.Nathorst; syn: W.<br />

<strong>Luzula</strong> hyperborea R. Br., Chlor. Melvill. [Parry’s 1 st Voyage App.] 283 (1823), nom. rejic. prop.; <strong>Luzula</strong><br />

arcuata var. hyperborea (R.Br.) Rink, in J.Reinhardt et al., Naturhist. Bidr. Grønl. 119 (1857); Juncoides<br />

hyperborea (R.Br.) Coville, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 107 (1894). T: Spitzbergen, W.Scoresby; syn: BM;<br />

Greenland, W.Scoresby; syn: BM; Melville Island, W.E.Parry; syn: BM, PH. [covering both <strong>Luzula</strong> confusa<br />

and <strong>Luzula</strong> nivalis].<br />

<strong>Luzula</strong> confusa var. subspicata Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenland. 127 (1880); <strong>Luzula</strong> confusa f. subspicata<br />

(Lange) Krylov, Fl. Zap. Sibiri 3: 552 (1929). T: [Greenland] numerous syn: C.<br />

<strong>Luzula</strong> hyperborea var. extensa Scheutz, Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 22: 169 (1888). T: [Russia,<br />

Taymyr] Nikandroviskij ostrov et Briochovskij ostrov; syn: n.v.<br />

<strong>Luzula</strong> confusa f. normalis Krylov, Fl. Zap. Sibiri 3: 552 (1929). T: [not indicated].<br />

Illustrations: J.Lid, Norsk & Svensk Fl. 203, fig. 100b (1963); E.Hultén, Fl. Alaska 301 (1968).<br />

Maps: E.Hultén & M.Fries, Atlas N. Eur. Vasc. Pl. 1: map 169 (1986); E.Hultén, Fl. Alaska 301 (1968);<br />

N.K.Kov<strong>to</strong>nyuk, in L.I.Malyshev & G.A.Peshkova, Fl. Sibiri 4 (Araceae – Orchidaceae): map 35 (1987)<br />

[Siberia].<br />

Perennials, usually 10–15 (–20) cm tall, sparsely hairy, loosely <strong>to</strong> densely caespi<strong>to</strong>se with<br />

ascending densely branched <strong>to</strong> simple rhizome, sometimes with short ascending vegetative<br />

shoots; plant base usually deep purple-brown, shiny. Basal leaves up <strong>to</strong> 6–9 cm long,<br />

±subcanaliculate <strong>to</strong> ±flat, 1.5–2.5 mm wide; tip acuminate; cauline leaves 1–2, usually 2–4 cm<br />

long, 1.0–1.5 mm wide. Stem 0.5–0.9 mm in diam. below inflorescence. Lower bract<br />

membranous, less often brownish-membranous, usually 4–9 mm long. Inflorescence<br />

composed of one sessile and often 1-2 pedunculate clusters; peduncles without secondary<br />

branches, erect, straight, less often arcuate or recurved, c. 0.3 mm in diam.; sessile cluster<br />

bigger (sometimes with a discernible basal subcluster), usually more than 10-flowered, 7–10 ×<br />

6–7 (–9) mm; pedunculate clusters smaller, 5–12 (–14)-flowered, 5–6 (–7) × 4–5 (–6) mm.<br />

Bracteoles ±ovate, brownish, c. 1 mm long; membranous apex fimbriate-ciliate. Tepals<br />

±equal, usually 2.0–2.3 mm long, ±acuminate <strong>to</strong> acute, dark brown. Stamens 6; anthers<br />

0.4–0.5 mm long; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long; style c. 0.2 mm long; stigmas 0.8–1.0 mm<br />

long. Capsule ±ovate, with <strong>to</strong>p rounded, ±not mucronate, shorter than or equalling tepals,<br />

blackish brown <strong>to</strong> dark castaneous brown; capsule segments ovate, 1.8–2.0 × c. 1.3–1.4 mm.<br />

Seeds narrowly ellipsoidal, 1.0–1.1 × 0.6 mm, ±pale brown, distally dark apiculate; base<br />

fibrillate; appendage not visible. 2n=36, Á.Löve & D.Löve, Univ. Colorado Stud. Ser. Biol.<br />

24: 26 (1966). Fig. 19.<br />

Northernmost regions of Eurasia and North America, mountains of northern Asia. 10: FIN,<br />

ICE, NOR, SVA, SWE. 14: RUN. 30: ALT, BRY, CTA, IRK, KRA, TVA, WSB, YAK. 31:<br />

MAG. 37: MON. 70: ASK, GNL, NWT, YUK. 71: ABT, BRC. 72: QUE, NFL. 75: MAI, NWH,<br />

VER. Wet, exposed rocky and sandy hillsides, and mountain summits, tundra. Map 79.<br />

10: NORWAY: Dovre, Knudshoe [Knutshøa], Aug 1875, H.G.Falk s.n. (LD). SVALBARD: Lina Red Bay,<br />

14 Jul 1899, T.Wulff s.n. (W). SWEDEN: Torne Lappmark, Kiruna, 700 m, G.Simmons 121 (LD). 14. RUSSIA<br />

NORTH: Lapponia ponojensis, Orlov, A.O.Kihlman 907 (H). 30: WEST SIBERIA: Novaya Zemlya,<br />

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