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Astragalus aduncus WILLD. |
Astragalus aduncus WILLD. |
 Astragalus aduncus WILLD. |
Astragalus L. |
| A. aduncus Willd., Sp. PL 3:1269 (1802) non Bieb. (1808). Syn: A. kotschy-anus Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(2):44 (1843)! A. medicagineiis Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(9):42 (1849); A. expansus Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(9):43 (1849); A. chaborasicus Boiss. & Hausskn. in Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:437 (1872)! Ic: Boul, Fl. Lib. Syr. t. 116 (1930). Procumbent to ascending, caulescent, perennial herb, 20-40 cm, with a branched woody caudex: stems 15-25 cm. Leaves 2-6 cm: leaflets 4-14 mm. linear to narrowly elliptic, adpressed bifurcate-pilose, 4-7-paired: stipules c. 3 mm, lanceolate, overlapping but not joined. Peduncles 4-6 cm. Inflorescence c. 1.5 cmdiam.. a dense, globose. 10-15-flowered spike. Bracts c. 2 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 5-6 mm, campanulate. long white and short black, adpressed bifurcate-hairy; teeth c. 2 mm, linear. Corolla purple; standard 12-18 mm, glabrous. Legume 5-7x1.5 mm, oblong, erect, white adpressed bifurcate-pilose; beak c. 1 mm. Fl. 4-7. Rocky places and waste land, 300-2370 m. Type: [Turkey] 'Armenia', Tournefort. N.E., S. & E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Stadopi, Sint. 1894:6033! A8 Erzurum: Tortum. Bourgeaıt. B7 Malatya: 27 km from Malatya to Elaziğ, 750 m, Hub.-Mor. 9102! Elaziğ: Harput. Noë 871! Tunceli: Hozat, 1700 m, D. 31121! Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye) at Kola, Sint. 1890:2795 (as A. chaborasicus). B9 Van: Başkale to Hoşap, 2340-2370 m, Hııb.-Mor. 11435! B10 Van: 3-4 km NE of Başkale, 2300 m, D. 44514! C6 Gaziantep: between Aintab (Gaziantep) and Haruniye, 300-500m, Haradj. 3565! Hatay: Yayladağ, A. &. T. Baytop 7084. C7 Urfa: 29 km from Birecik to Urfa, 550 m, Hııb.-Mor. 13321! between Urfa and 'Suerek', Kotschy 53 (type of A. medicagineııs). C8 Diyarbakir: Diyarbakir, D. 22151! C10 Hakkari: 48 km from Hakkari to Yüksekova, 1600 m, D. 44944! Syrian Desert, Lebanon, Caucasia, W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. The specimens from A7 Gümüşane and C6 Gaziantep, which have linear leaflets, may be separable from the remainder (which have narrowly-elliptic leaflets), but only at infraspecific level. If so, this form may be referable to A. aduncus sensu stricto, which is described as having linear leaflets. The form with narrowly elliptic leaflets (including the specimen from B7 Elazig, Noë 871, determined by Boissier as A. aduncus) is then referable to A. kotschyanus. A. chaborasicus and A.kotschy-anus are included in our broad concept of A. aduncus. However, without reference to the Tournefort type of A. aduncus, the nomenclature of this species cannot be finally settled. |