Primula egaliksensis Wormsk., Fl. Dan. 9(26): 2., plate 1511. 1816.
Section Armerina
Link to Flora of North America description
Type specimen: Wormskjöld s.n. 1813 resides at Natural History Museum of Denmark (specimen C10006120) and Swedish Museum of Natural History (specimens S-G-9598, S09-46916) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024774).
P. egaliksensis Wormsk. f. violacea : Fernald, Rhodora 30: 98. 1928. Type specimen: Warming & Holm s.n. 13 July 1884 resides at Natural History Museum of Denmark ?
P. egalliccensis : Lehm., Monogr. Primul. 64, t. 7. 1817. Type specimen: s.n. resides at Herbarium Hamburgense (specimen HBG508216). Misspelled name.
P. groenlandica (Warming) (syn): A.W.Hill, Index Kew. Suppl. 8: 194. 1933 .A.W. Hill made the sat. nov. inadvertently.
P. sibirica Jacquin var. minor (syn): Duby, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 8: 43. 1844.
P. stricta Hornem. var. groenlandica (syn): Warm., Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 12 (3(2)): 21 (-23; fig. 7A-D). 1886.
P. farinosa var. groenlandica: Pax, Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 237(Heft 22): 84. 1905. Pro parte.
P. sibirica (syn): Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2:121. 1838. Pro parte.
Additional reference: Guggisberg, A., et al., Evolution of biogeographic patterns, ploidy levels, and breeding systems in a diploid-polyploid species complex of Primula. New Phytol. 171: 617-632. 2006.
Additional reference: Guggisberg, A., et al., Genomic Origin and Organization of the Allopolyploid Primula egaliksensis Investigated by in situ Hybridization. Annals of Botany 101, 919–927. 2008.
Epithet: Named for ?
Distribution: Across most of Canada, Greenland, Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Russia.
The taxonomy of this species is difficult to sort out as it was confused initially with other species. This was investigated for the Flora of North America and it is recommended that this be read for more details as well as the two additional references. This species is thought to be a hybrid between Sections Aleuritia and Armerina (possibly P. nutans and P. mistassinica or their ancestors) though the rounded petiolate leaves and narrow capsule indicate a close affinity for Section Armerina which is where it is usually placed. Flowers are white or lavender, homostylous and the bracts are gibbous but not auriculate. See related P. nutans and P. mistassinica.
