A NOTABLE RANGE EXTENSION FOR THE GLOBALLY RARE ENDEMIC PLANT, CRYPTANTHA-SHACKLETTEANA HIGGINS,L.C., IN EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA

A new location in the Mentasta Mountains, Alaska, is reported for Cryp tantha shackletteana, a globally rare endemic known previously from tw o localities on the Yukon River in Alaska. The new locality is 240 km to the southwest of the Yukon River sites, and is located in a differe nt physiographic province; the Alaska Range. The new locality suggests that this plant was formerly more widespread in Alaska than it is tod ay.