Sympegma regelii Bunge, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 25: 371 (1879)

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1. Sympegma regelii Bunge, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 25: 371 (1879)

Lectotype

( Grubov 1966): [CHINA, Xinjiang, Qitai County] basin of Bar-kul Lake towards Gucheng, 5 Sep 1875, P.A. Pyasetsky s.n. (LE).

Description.

See genus description.

Habitat.

Screes; 3500-4500 m a.s.l.

Phenology.

Flowering: July-September; fruiting: August-October.

Distribution.

See Fig. 53 .

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Xizang (new records): Ngari Prefecture: Rutog (Ritu) County, nr Bangong Lake, 4230 m a.s.l., 10 Jul 1974, Biological Institute Tibet Expedition Team 3461 (HNWP40809) & 4 Sep 1984, Qinghai-Tibet Team 1340 (HNWP146054); East bank of Bangong Lake, 4200 m a.s.l., 15 Aug 1987, B.S. Li & D. Zheng 11018 (PE01341763).

This is the first record of S. regelii in Xizang, and the records in the neighbouring areas of Jammu & Kashmir (India) are predicted. Sympegma is a common plant on the screes in North Pakistan and Xinjiang ( Grubov 1966, Eberhardt et al. 2007, Hong and Blackmore 2015).

General distribution.

W China, E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan.

Figures

Figure 53. Distribution map of Haloxylon thomsonii (circles) and Sympegma regelii (stars).