Claim · model-written summary
The Voitia hyperborea collection was the closest locality yet to Alberta populations of Voitia nivalis.
- Taxon
- Voitia hyperboreaVoitia hyperboreae0
- Outcome
- closest locality yet to the Alberta populationse1
- Qualifier
- Voitia nivalise1
- Setting
- Albertae1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionValue
Verbatim
e0“Voitia hyperborea Grev. and Arnott. Cody 19078a”
e1“provides the closest locality yet to the Alberta populations of its vicariant, Voitia nivalis Hornsch”
Title
Mosses from the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories
Guy R. Brassard ARCTIC 1972. doi:10.14430/arctic2977
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Bryum wrightii was recorded for the first time from the continental Northwest Territories, extending its range southwestward.
- Observation Voitia hyperborea was recorded in the western continental Northwest Territories, extending its range southwestward.
- Observation The Plains of Abraham specimens were identified as high arctic Voitia hyperborea.
- Observation The authors infer that Bryum wrightii and Voitia hyperborea probably persisted on the unglaciated plain during the Pleistocene glaciations.
- Observation The authors infer that both mosses survived the glaciations in other Nearctic refugia.
- Observation The authors suggest the unglaciated Mackenzie Mountains plateaus may have a flora rich in high arctic bryophytes.