<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new class and a new order (<italic>Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani</italic> and <italic>Saxifrago oppositifoliae-Papaveretalia dahliani</italic>) have been described, and the <italic>Papaverion dahliani</italic> 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.</p></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.

The <italic>Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani</italic> − a new vegetation class of the High Arctic polar deserts

Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, D-48143, Münster, Germany.

Tromsø University Museum, University of Tromsø – Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.

Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Prof. Popova Street, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Iluka Chair in Vegetation Science and Biogeography, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley WA 6009, Perth, Australia. Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

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The  − a new vegetation class of the High Arctic polar deserts

A new class and a new order (Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani and Saxifrago oppositifoliae-Papaveretalia dahliani) have been described, and the Papaverion...

The Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani − a new vegetation class of the High Arctic polar deserts

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 5 - 13

Received: Feb 13, 2015

Accepted: Jun 11, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hacq-2016-0001

Keywords
Arctic subzone A, Arctic cushion forb subzone, biogeography, High-Arctic polar desert, patterned ground, syntaxonomy, zonal vegetation

© 2016 Fred J. A. Daniëls et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Drabo corymbosae-Papaveretea dahliani − a new vegetation class of the High Arctic polar deserts

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 5 - 13

Received: Feb 13, 2015

Accepted: Jun 11, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hacq-2016-0001

KeywordsArctic subzone A, Arctic cushion forb subzone, biogeography, High-Arctic polar desert, patterned ground, syntaxonomy, zonal vegetation

© 2016 Fred J. A. Daniëls et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Arctic subzone A, Arctic cushion forb subzone, biogeography, High-Arctic polar desert, patterned ground, syntaxonomy, zonal vegetation