Oreomecon radicata subsp. knabeniana Elvebakk & Bjerke

Elvebakk, Arve & Bjerke, Jarle W., 2024, Papaver recircumscribed: A review of neighbouring Papaveraceae genera, including Afropapaver nom. et stat. nov. and Oreomecon, a large, Arctic-Alpine genus, PhytoKeys 248, pp. 105-188 : 105-188

3.7. 7. Oreomecon radicata subsp. knabeniana Elvebakk & Bjerke , comb., stat. et nom. nov.

≡ Papaver radicatum subsp. dovrense var. intermedium Nordh. , Bergens Mus. Årbok 1931, Naturv. r. 2; 43. 1932, nom. nud. Type: Norway, Oppland, Vågå, Besshøe, 1923, R. Nordhagen (holotype: BG) ≡ Papaver radicatum subsp. intermedium (Nordh.) Knaben , Opera Bot. 2 (3): 34. 1959, nom. illeg. ≡ Papaver nordhagenianum subsp. ovatilobum var. intermedium (Nordh.) Á. Löve , Taxon 11: 136. 1962, nom. illeg.

Diagnosis.

Differs from O. radicata subsp. ovatiloba in ovoid capsules which are wider near the top and not near the middle, capsules which are densely covered by pale brown, mostly appressed and not suberect hairs and leaf lobes often lanceolate to ovate and not ellipsoid to ovate.

Etymology.

Oreomecon radicata subsp. knabeniana is named in honour of the substantial contributions to the knowledge of this genus made by Gunvor Snekvik Knaben (1911–1993), who was affiliated with the University of Oslo during most of her career.