Re: Pinguicula alpina and scented sundew flowers

From: Juerg Steiger (juerg.steiger@iae.unibe.ch)
Date: Wed Jan 07 1998 - 00:31:33 PST


Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 09:31:33 +0100
From: juerg.steiger@iae.unibe.ch (Juerg Steiger)
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg85$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Pinguicula alpina and scented sundew flowers

Robert Gibson asks:

>1. Does Pinguicula alpina occur in Greenland, or is Iceland the
>westernmost outpost of this species?

P. alpina neither grows in Greenland nor in Iceland. It reaches its
northwesternmost distribution sites in Scotland and Norway. The only
butterwort occurring in Greenland and Iceland is P. vulgaris.

Kind regards Juerg

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Juerg Steiger, Institut fuer Aus-, Weiter- und Fortbildung IAWF,
University of Bern, Medical Faculty, Inselspital 37a, CH-3010 Bern,
Switzerland. Phone: +41 (0)31 632 9887, Fax: +41 (0)31 632 9871



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