The Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani − a new vegetation class of the High Arctic polar desert
Date
2016
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
De Gruyter Open
Abstract
A new class and a new order (Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani and Saxifrago
oppositifoliae-Papaveretalia dahliani) have been described, and the Papaverion
dahliani validated. This is vegetation of zonal habitats in lowlands of the High
Arctic subzone A (or Arctic herb, cushion forb or polar desert subzone) and of
ecologically equivalent sites at high altitudes on the mountain plateaus of the
High Arctic. The new class spans three continents – North America (Canadian
Arctic Archipelago and Greenland), Europe (parts of Svalbard and Franz Josef
Land), and Asia, including northern regions of Chelyuskin Peninsula (Taymir
Peninsula), Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago and De Longa Islands.
Description
CITATION: Daniels, F. J. A., et al. 2016. The Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani − a new vegetation class of the High Arctic polar desert. Hacquetia, 15(1):5–13, doi:10.1515/hacq-2016-0001.
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The original publication is available at https://www.degruyter.com
Keywords
Arctic regions -- Polar desert -- Papaverion dahliani -- Zonal vegetation, Vegetation -- Arctic regions, Biogeography -- Arctic regions
Citation
Daniels, F. J. A., et al. 2016. The Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani − a new vegetation class of the High Arctic polar desert. Hacquetia, 15(1):5–13, doi:10.1515/hacq-2016-0001