Table 1.
New phytogeographical records of vascular plant by the Greenland Botanical Survey and others during 1979–2019. For each species the floristic province, locality, phytogeographical record and the publication or the collector are provided.
| Taxon | Floristic province and locality | Phytogeographical records | Reference; Publication/ Collector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemilla glomerulans Bus. | East Greenland: Bjørneøer | New north limit: 71°10'N | I. Smart leg. 1980 |
| Antennaria angustata Greene | West Greenland: Isua | New south limit: 65°12'N | Bay and Simonsen 2013 |
| Antennaria canescens (Lge.) Malte | West Greenland: Melville Bugt. East Greenland: Grandjean Fjord | New north limit in West: 75°25'N; New north limit in East Greenland 75°00'N | Bay 1992 Halliday 2019a |
| Antennaria porsildii E. Ekmann | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit 74°44'N | G. Halliday leg. 1990 |
| Arabis arenicola (Richards) Gel. | East Greenland: Lindemann Fjord | New north limit: 74°38'N | G. Halliday leg. 1980 |
| Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 75°N | R. Corner and G. Halliday leg. 1990 |
| Arnica angustifolia M. Vahl | North Greenland: Frigg Fjord | New north limit: 83°04'N | Bay 1992 |
| Arenaria humifusa Wahlenb. | East Greenland | New north limit: 75°52'N New south limit: 70°20'N | Halliday 2019a |
| Arctagrostis latifolia (R.Br.) Griseb. | East Greenland: Hjørnedal | New south limit: 70°19'N | Halliday 2019a |
| Bartsia alpina L. | East Greenland: Kap Beaupré | New north limit: 68°54'N | Gilg et al. 2005 |
| Betula nana L. | East Greenland: Adolf Jensen Land | New north limit: 76°16'N | Halliday 2019a |
| Botrychium lunaria (L.) Swe. | East Greenland: Gaus Halvø | New north limit: 73°18'N | O. Gilg leg. 2005 |
| Braya thorild-wulffii Ostf. | West Greenland: Disko | New south limit: 69°54'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Calamagrostis lapponica (Wbg.) Hartm. var. groenlandica Lge. | West Greenland | New south limit: 66°13'N | Bay and Simonsen 2009 |
| Calamagrostis neglecta (Ehrh.) Gaertm., Mey. & Scherb. | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°44'N | R. Corner and G. Halliday leg. 1990 |
| Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. | East Greenland: Skjoldungen district | New south limit: 63°21'N | C. Bay leg. 1992 |
| Campanula gieseckiana Vest in R. and S. | East Greenland: Dove Bugt | New north limit: 76°16'N | D. Shaw leg. 2006 |
| Cardamine pratensis L. | North Greenland: Nansen Land | New north limit: 82°58'N | Bay 1992 |
| Carex atrofusca Schkuhr. | North Greenland: Nansen Land | New to North Greenland: 82°58'N | Bay 1992 |
| Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. | East Greenland: Jameson Land and Tyrolerfjord | New to East Greenland: 71°10'N and 74°30'N | A. Elvebakk leg. 1993, Bay 2015 |
| Carex glacialis Mack. | North Greenland: Wulff Land | New north limit: 82°10'N | Bay 1992 |
| Carex glareosa Wahlenberg | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 75°01'N | G. Halliday leg. 1990 |
| Carex holostoma Drej. | West Greenland | New south limit: 65°32'N | C. Bay leg. 2009 |
| Carex lachenalii Schkuhr. | West Greenland: Etah. East Greenland: Langesø | New north limit in West Greenland: 78°20'N and in East Greenland: 75°49'N | Bay 1992, Halliday 2019a |
| Carex macloviana D´Urv | Northeast Greenland: Adolf Jensen Land | New north limit: 74°38'N | R. Corner leg. 2002 |
| Carex marina Dew. ssp. pseudolagopina (Th. Sør.) Böch. | North Greenland: Nansen Land | New to North Greenland 82°58'N New north limit: 83°16'N | Bay 1991, F. Schwartzenbach leg. 1996 |
| Carex membranacea Hook. | West Greenland: Inglefield Land and Fortune Bay | New to Greenland | R. Elven pers. com. |
| Carex microglochin Wbg. | West Greenland: Uvkusigssat Fj., East Greenland: Grandjean Fjord | New north limit in West Greenland: 72°15'N and in East Greenland: 74°57'N | Fredskild 1996, J. Hoodson and C. Wells leg. 1990 |
| Carex misandra R. Br. | West Greenland: Isua | New south limit: 65°12'N | Bay and Simonsen 2013 |
| Carex miliaris Michx. | West Greenland | New to Greenland | Myhre Pedersen pers. com. |
| Carex norvegica Retz. | East Greenland: Femdalen | New north limit: 75°18'N | Bay 1992 |
| Carex parallela (Læst.) Sommerf. | East Greenland: Adolf S. Jensen Land | New north limit: 76°16'N | R. Corner leg. 2006 |
| Carex rhomalea (Fernald) Mack. | West and East Greenland | New to Greenland | Myhre Pedersen pers. com. |
| Carex rupestris | North Greenland: Nansen Land | New north limit: 82°58'N | Bay 1992 |
| Carex rostrata Stokes | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New to East Greenland: 63°21'N | C. Bay 1992 leg. |
| Carex scirpoidea Michx. | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°46'N | R. Corner and Halliday leg. 1990. |
| Carex supina Wbg. ssp. spaniocarpa (Steud.) Hult. | West Greenland: Siorapaluk | New north limit: 77°48'N | Bay 1992 |
| Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton | East Greenland: Lindemann Fjord | New north limit: 74°38'N | Bay 1992 |
| Comarum palustre L. | West Greenland: | New north limit: 68°40'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Deschampsia pumila Ostenf. | East Greenland: Norske Øer | New north limit: 79°03'N | Bay 1992 |
| Deschampsia alpina (L.) R. and S. | West Greenland | New north limit: 68°37'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Diapensia lapponica L. ssp. lapponica | West Greenland: Qaanaaq | New north limit: 77°28'N | Bay 1992 |
| Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub | East Greenland: Milne Land | New to East Greenland 70°35'N | C. Bay leg. 2014 |
| Draba adamsii Led. | West Greenland Nugssuaq | New south limit: 70°17'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Draba arctica J. Vahl | East Greenland: Sortekappasset | New south limit: 68°31'N | Halliday 2019b |
| Draba cana Rydb. | South Greenland: Kvanefjeld | New south limit: 61°00'N | C. Simonsen 2014 |
| Draba crassifolia Graham | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°46'N | Halliday 2019a |
| Draba fladnizensis Wulf. | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New south limit: 63°28'N | C. Bay leg. 1992 |
| Draba subcapitata Simm. | Tasiilaq dist. | New south limit: 66°55'N | Halliday 2019b |
| Dryas octopetala L. ssp. punctata (Juz.) Hult. | East Greenland: Amdrup Land | New to North Greenland: 80°49'N | Bay and Fredskild 1994 |
| Dryopteris assimilis Walker | East Greenland: Fridtjof Nansens Halvø | New to East Greenland: 64°20'N | K. Gormsen leg. 1968 |
| Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New to East Greenland: 63°21'N | C. Bay 1992 leg. |
| Dupontia fisheri R. Br. | East Greenland: Wollaston Forland | New to East Greenland: 74°29´-74°37'N | Fredskild and Bay 1993 |
| Dupontia psilosantha Rupr. | East Greenland: Hochstetter Forland | New north limit: 75°28'N | Bay 1992 |
| Elymus hyperarcticus (Polunin) Tzvel. | East Greenland: Jameson Land | New south limit: 70°44'N | Fredskild and Bay 1984 |
| Empetrum nigrum L. ssp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) Böch. | North Greenland: Mylius Erichsen Land | New north limit and new to North Greenland: 80°20'N | F. Daniëls leg. 1995 |
| Epilobium anagallidifolium Lam. | West Greenland: Hareøen East Greenland: Allday dal | New north limit in West Greenland: 70°23'N New north limit in East Greenland 71°44'N | Fredskild 1996 S. Holt leg. 1983 |
| Epilobium arcticum Sam. | North Greenland: Frigg Fjord | New north limit: 83°15'N | F. Schwartzenbach leg. 1996 |
| Equisetum hyemale L. | East Greenland: Tasiilaq | New to Greenland: 65°53'N | Daniëls and Van Herk 1984 |
| Erigeron humilis Graham | East Greenland: Godfred Hansen Ø | New north limit: 76°23'N | Bay 1992 |
| Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. ssp. subarcticum (V. Vassil.) Hult. | West Greenland: Thule district | New north limit: 77°28'N | Bay 1992 |
| Eriophorum callitrix Cham. | West and North Greenland: Qaanaaq and Nansen Land | New to West Greenland at 77°28'N and new north limit in North Greenland: 82°58'N | C. Bay 1988, leg. 1989 |
| Eutrema edwardsii R. Br. | East Greenland: Sødal | New south limit: 70°42'N | R. Corner leg. 1986 |
| Festuca baffinensis Polunin | East Greenland: Kangerlussuaq | New south limit: 68°49'N | Halliday 2019b |
| Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovich | East Greenland: Hold with Hope | New to Greenland: 73°28'N | Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovich 1995 |
| Festuca groenlandica (Schol.) Frederiksen | Low Arctic Greenland | New to Greenland | Frederiksen 1982 |
| Festuca saximontana Rydb. | Low Arctic West Greenland | New to Greenland | Fredskild 1996 |
| Galium verum L. | East Greenland: Tasiilaq | New to Greenland | Gartmann 1990 |
| Gentiana detonsa Rottb. | East Greenland: Tyrolerfjord; Renland | New north limit: 74°30'N New south limit: 70°26'N | R. and S. David leg. 1992; G. Halliday 1971 |
| Gentiana nivalis L. | East Greenland: Geographical Society Ø | New north limit: 72°52'N | D. Shaw leg. 2005 |
| Geum rossii (R. Br.) Ser. | East Greenland: Lambert Land | New to Greenland: 79°10'N | Bay 1992 |
| Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman | East Greenland: Liverpool Ld. | New north limit: 71°08'N | B. Fredskild leg. 1985 |
| Harrimanella hypnoides (L.) Coville | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°42'N | Halliday 2019a |
| Isoëtes echinospora Dur. ssp. muricata (Dur.) Löve and Löve | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New to East Greenland: 63°21'N | C. Bay leg. 1992 |
| Juncus alpinus Vill. ssp. nodulosus (Wbg.) Lindm. | West Greenland | New north limit: 69°35'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Juncus arcticus Willd. | East Greenland: Nørlund Land | New north limit: 75°51'N | G. Halliday leg. 1980 |
| Juncus castaneus Sm. | North Greenland: Nansen Land | New north limit: 82°58'N | Bay 1992 |
| Juncus filiformis L. | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New to East Greenland: 63°21'N | C. Bay leg. 1992 |
| Juncus ranarius Perr. and Song. | East Greenland: Liverpool Ld. | New north limit: 71°08'N | B. Fredskild leg. 1985 |
| Juncus trifidus L. | West and East Greenland | New north limits in West: 72°40'N and in East: 74°44'N | Fredskild 1996 Bay 1992 |
| Kobresia simpliciuscula (Wbg.) Mack. | North Greenland: Warming Land | New to western North Greenland | Bay 1992 |
| X Ledodendron vanhoeffeni (Abromeit) Dalgaard and Fredskild | West Greenland: Paradisdalen | New south limit: 66°30'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Ledum groenlandicum Oed. | West Greenland: Egedesminde | New north limit: 68°42'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Ledum palustre L. ssp. decumbens (Ait.) Hult. | West Greenland: Mac Cormick Fjord | New north limit: 77°44'N | Bay 1992 |
| Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. | East Greenland: Jameson Land | New north limit: 70°44'N | C. Bay leg. 1983 |
| Luzula arctica Blytt | West Greenland: Isua | New south limit: 65°12'N | Bay and Simonsen 2013 |
| Luzula multiflora (Retz.) Lej. | East Greenland: Geographical Society Ø | New north limit: 72°42'N | D. Shaw leg. 2005 |
| Luzula parviflora (Ehrh.) Desv. | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New to East Greenland: 63°21'N | C. Bay leg. 1992 |
| Luzula spicata (L.) DC | East Greenland: Godfred Hansen Ø | New north limit: 76°23'N | Bay 1992 |
| Luzula wahlenbergii Rupr. | East Greenland: Dove Bugt | New north limit: 76°17'N | R. Corner and D. Shaw leg. 2006 |
| Melandrium affine J Vahl coll. | East Greenland: Mt. Forel | New south limit: 66°46'N | Halliday 2019b |
| Menyanthes trifoliata L. | East Greenland: Jameson Land | New to East Greenland: 71°17'N | B. Fredskild and C. Bay leg. 1982 |
| Mertensia maritima (L.) S. F. Gray | East Greenland: Zackenberg | New north limit in East Greenland: 74°28'N | C. Bay leg. 2005 |
| Minuartia biflora (L.) Sch. and Th. | West and East Greenland | New north limits in West Greenland: 77°48'N and in East Greenland: 79°08'N | Bay 1992 |
| Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostf. | West Greenland: Kitdlerngata | New north limit: 68°32'N | Fredskild 1996 |
| Minuartia stricta (Sw.) Hiern | West and East Greenland | New north limits in West Greenland: 76°31'N and new south and north limit in East Greenland: 66°35'N and 77° 30'N, resp. | Bay 1992 Halliday 2019b |
| Montia fontana L. | East Greenland, Forsblads Fjord | New north limit in East Greenland: 72°25'N | R. and S. David leg. 1993 |
| Papaver cornwallisense D. Löve | North and East Greenland | New to Greenland | H. Solstad pers. com. |
| Papaver dahlianum Nordh. | West, North and East Greenland | New to Greenland | H. Solstad pers. com. |
| Papaver labradoricum (Fedde) Solstad and Elven | West and East Greenland | New to Greenland | H. Solstad pers. com. |
| Papaver lapponicum (Tolm.) Nordh. | West Greenland | New to Greenland | H. Solstad pers. com. |
| Pedicularis capitata Adams | West Greenland | New south limit: 77°42'N | Bay 1992 |
| Pedicularis flammea L. | West Greenland: Qaanaaq | New north limit: 77°28'N | F. Rune leg. 2017 |
| Pedicularis lapponica L. | East Greenland: Bessel Fjord | New north limit: 75°58'N | G. Halliday leg. 1980 |
| Pedicularis sudetica Willd. ssp. albolabiata Hult. | West Greenland: Thule district | New to Greenland: 77°28'N | Bay 1992 |
| Phleum commutatum Gaud. | East Greenland: Jameson Land | New north limit: 70°58'N | Fredskild and Feilberg 1984 |
| Phippsia algida ssp. algidiformis (H. Sm.) Löve and Löve | Northern Greenland | New subspecies to Greenland | Bay 1992 |
| Poa abbreviata R.Br. | East Greenland: Kangerlussuaq | New south limit: 68°49'N | Halliday 2019b |
| Poa alpina L. | East Greenland: Nørlund Land | New north limit: 75°49'N | Halliday 2019b |
| Poa flexuosa Sm. | West Greenland | New to Greenland | Fredskild 1996 |
| Poa hartzii Gandoger forma prolifera (Simm.) Boivin | North Greenland, Easternmost part | New forma to Greenland | Bay 1992 |
| Poa pratensis L. ssp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev | East Greenland: Constable Pynt | New south limit: 70°44'N | Fredskild and Feilberg 1983 |
| Potamogeton filiformis Pers. | East Greenland: Droning Louise Land | New north limit: 76°52'N | Bay 1992 |
| Potamogeton praelongus Wulf. | West Greenland: Kangerdlugssuaq | New to West Greenland: 66°N | Bennike and Anderson 1998 |
| Potamogeton pusillus L. ssp. groenlandicus (Hagstr.) Böch. | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New to East Greenland: 63°21'N | C. Bay leg. 1992 |
| Potentilla stipularis L. | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°47'N | Bay 1992 |
| Primula stricta Hornem. | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°44'N | G. Halliday leg. 1990 |
| Puccinellia bruggemanni Th. Sør. | North Greenland | New to Greenland | Bay 1992 |
| Puccinellia vaginata (Lange) Fernald and Weath. | East Greenland: Bessel Fjord | New north limit: 75°58'N | G. Halliday leg. 1980 |
| Pyrola grandiflora Rad. | East Greenland: Lindeman Fjord | New north limit: 74°40'N | K. Cartwright leg. 2002 |
| Pyrola minor L. | West Greenland East Greenland: Milne Land | New north limit in West Greenland: 70°44'N New north limit in East Greenland: 70°44'N | Fredskild 1996 Corner leg. 1986 |
| Ranunculus auricomus L. coll. | East Greenland: Clavering Ø | New north limit: 74°19'N | Halliday 2019a |
| Ranunculus glacialis L. | East Greenland: Nørre Mellemland | New north limit: 78°33'N | Bay 1992 |
| Ranunculus nivalis L. | North Greenland: Peary Land | New north limit and new to North Greenland: 82°30'N | Bay 1992 |
| Ranunculus pygmaeus Wbg. | East Greenland: Lambert Land | New north limit: 78°08'N | Bay 1992 |
| Ranunculus sabinei R. Br. | East Greenland | New south limit: 74°51'N | Andersson leg. 1988 |
| Ranunculus subrigidus W.B. Drew. | West and North Greenland | New to Greenland | R. Elven pers. com. |
| Rumex acetosella | East Greenland: Bessel Fjord | New north limit: 75°59'N | Halliday 2019a |
| Sagina caespitosa (J. Vahl) Lge. | West Greenland: Thule district; East Greenland: Kangerlussuaq | New north limit in West Greenland: 77°28'N New south limit in East Greenland: 68°09'N | Bay 1992 Kristine Westergaard leg. 2019 |
| Sagina procumbens L. | East Greenland: Nørrefjord | New north limit in East Greenland: 71°08'N | B. Fredskild leg. 1985 |
| Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst. | East Greenland: Jameson Land | New north limit: 70°47'N | R. Corner leg. 1986 |
| Salix glauca L. coll. | West Greenland: Tugtuligssuaq | New north limit: 75°25'N | Bay 1992 |
| Saxifraga aizoides L. | North Greenland: Campanula Dal | New north limit: 81°13'N | Bay 1992 |
| Saxifraga foliolosa R. Br. | West Greenland: Narsaq East Greenland: Tasiilaq | New south limit in West Greenland: 61°N East Greenland: 65°35'N | Simonsen 2014; L. de Bonneval |
| Saxifraga hieracifolia W. and K. | West Greenland: Inglefield Land | New to West Greenland: 78°35'N | J. Feilberg leg. 1999 |
| Saxifraga hirculus L. | East Greenland: Søndre Mellemland | New north limit: 78°05'N | Bay 1992 |
| Sibbaldia procumbens L. | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°44'N | Bay 1992 |
| Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke | East Greenland: Tasiilaq | New to Greenland | Gartmann 1990 |
| Taraxacum brachyceras Dahlst. | East Greenland: Kuhn Ø | New north limit: 74°44'N | G. Halliday leg.1990 |
| Taraxacum pumilum Dahlst. | East Greenland: Shannon | New south limit: 75°11'N | Bay 1992 |
| Tofieldia coccinea Richards. | North Greenland: Mylius Erichsen Land | New to North Greenland: 80°30'N | F. Daniëls leg. 1995 |
| Tofieldia pusilla (Mixch) Pers. | East Greenland: Bessel Fjord | New north limit: 75°58'N | G. Halliday leg. 1980 |
| Trientalis europaea L. | South Greenland | New to Greenland: 60°58'N | Bay 1993 |
| Triglochin palustris L. | East Greenland: Tyroler Fjord | New north limit: 74°29'N | C. Bay leg. 2015 |
| Tripleurospermum maritima (L.) W.D.J. Koch | East Greenland | New north and south limits: Revet (74°22'N); Sydkap (71°18'N). | Fredskild leg. 1991; Halliday 2019a |
| Utricularia minor L. | East Greenland: Jameson Land | New north limit: 71°33'N; New south limit: 71°06'N | R. Corner leg.; Bay and Fredskild 1982 |
| Vaccinium myrtillus L. | East Greenland: Skjoldungen | New to East Greenland: 63°12'N | C. Bay leg. 1992 |
| Veronica officinalis L. | East Greenland: Tasiilaq | New to Greenland | Gartmann 1990 |
| Woodsia alpina (Bolt.) S. F. Grey | West Greenland: Melville Bugt East Greenland: Lyell Land | New north limit in West Greenland: 75°25'N; New north limit in East Greenland limit: 72°40'N | Bay 1992 R. and S. David leg. 1993 |
| Woodsia ilvensis (L.) R. Br. | East Greenland: Hold With Hope | New north limit: 73°33'N | Hartz leg. 1891 |