Beckwithia (plant)

Beckwithia is a genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae. Most botanists consider it synonymous to a clade consisting of Ranunculus glacialis[1] and Ranunculus andersonii. B. glacialis has several distinct forms that may also be considered subspecies or closely related species. However, molecular studies have supported the placement of B. glacialis and B. camissonis within Ranunculus, distant from B. andersonii.[2][3]

Beckwithia
Beckwithia glacialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Ranunculeae
Genus: Beckwithia
Jeps.

Taxa
  • Beckwithia andersonii (A.Gray) Jeps. (= Ranunculus andersonii), Anderson's buttercup, native to the Western United States
  • Beckwithia glacialis subsp. glacialis (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve (= Ranunculus glacialis), the glacier buttercup, occurring in boreal and alpine areas of Europe (including Iceland, Jan Mayen and Svalbard)
  • Beckwithia glacialis subsp. alaskensis Jurtz., D. Murray & S. Kelso (= Ranunculus glacialis subsp. alaskensis), Alaskan glacier buttercup, that is endemic in the Kigluaik Mountains of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska[1]
  • Beckwithia camissonis (Schltdl.) Tolm. (= Ranunculus glacialis subsp. camissonis), that occurs on either side of the Bering Strait, in Siberia and in Alaska[1]

References
  1. "Alaskan glacier buttercup" (PDF). Alaska Natural Heritage Program.
  2. Elvira Hörandl, et al. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary traits in Ranunculus s.l. (Ranunculaceae) inferred from ITS sequence analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (2005) 305–327.
  3. Khatere Emadzade, et al. A molecular phylogeny, morphology and classification of genera of Ranunculeae (Ranunculaceae). Taxon. 59: 809–828 2010
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