Claytonia Scammaniana

	Claytonia Scammaniana ''Claytonia scammaniana'' is a biogeographically significant species of ''Claytonia ''Claytonia'' (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the tubers can be prepared like potatoes. Description The plants are somew ...'', which is indigenous to the mountain chains of Alaska and Yukon. The species has been subject of differing taxonomic opinions and confusion with '' Claytonia arctica'' and '' C. sarmentosa''. A taxonomic revision including a review of previous studies of ''Claytonia scammaniana'' was published in 2006.Miller, J. M. and K. L. Chambers. 2006. Systematics of ''Claytonia'' (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-234. References External links Flora North America Treatment {{Taxonbar, from=Q17244539 scammaniana Plants described in 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eric Hultén Oskar Eric Gunnar Hultén (18 March 1894 – 1 February 1981) was a Swedish botanist, plant geographer and 20th century explorer of The Arctic. He was born in Halla in Södermanland. He took his licentiate exam 1931 at Stockholm University and obtained his doctorate degree in botany at Lund University in 1937. In his thesis, he coined the term ''Beringia'' for the ice-age land bridge between Eurasia and North America. From 1945 to 1961, he was a professor and head of the Botany Section at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. In 1953, he was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as member number 977. Hultén travelled extensively in the Scandes Mountains and Siberia, Kamchatka (1920–22 together with his spouse Elsie Hultén, Sten Bergman and René Malaise), the Aleutian Islands and Alaska (1932). He published extensive accounts on the flora of several of these regions and distribution maps of thousands of species. He was the father of the professor of art history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Claytonia ''Claytonia'' (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the tubers can be prepared like potatoes. Description The plants are somewhat fleshy and only a few centimeters in height. The flower heads are about in diameter. Taxonomy The genus was formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae), but with the adoption of the APG IV system, in 2009 it was moved to the family Montiaceae. A number of the species were formerly treated in the related genus '' Montia''. A comprehensive scientific study of ''Claytonia'' was published in 2006. Species , Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 33 accepted species: Etymology The genus is named after John Clayton, who collected specimens of various plants in North America and distributed them to botanists in Europe. Distribution and habitat The genus is primarily native to the mountain chains of Asia and North Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Claytonia Arctica ''Claytonia arctica'', the Arctic spring beauty, is a species of flowering plant native to Siberia including the Taimyr Peninsula and Wrangel Island and eastward to the Aleutians and Bering Sea islands of Alaska. A plant species of the circumpolar Arctic, it has been confused with ''Claytonia sarmentosa ''Claytonia sarmentosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Claytonia ''Claytonia'' (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or co ...'' and '' C. scammaniana''. A taxonomic revision including a lectotypification of ''Claytonia arctica'' was published in 2006.Miller, J. M. and K. L. Chambers. 2006. Systematics of ''Claytonia'' (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-234. References External linksFlora North America Treatment {{Taxonbar, from=Q17248583 arctica Plants described in 1817 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Claytonia Sarmentosa ''Claytonia sarmentosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Claytonia ''Claytonia'' (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the tubers can be prepared like potatoes. Description The plants are somew ...'', which is indigenous to the mountains of the Lake Baikal region and eastern Siberia and northwestern North America including Alaska, Yukon and northern British Columbia. A widespread species of the mountain chains of Asia and North America, ''Claytonia sarmentosa'' has been subject of differing taxonomic opinions with problematic confusion with '' Claytonia arctica'' and '' C. scammaniana''. A taxonomic revision including an analysis of the Udokan Mountains population and comparison with Alaskan material was published in 2006.Miller, J. M. and K. L. Chambers. 2006. Systematics of ''Claytonia'' (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]