Gentianella umbellata (M.Bieb.) Holub

EXAMINED SPECIMEN. — Uzbekıstan. Kizil-Kouisch, vallée de l’Ona Oulgane dans les monts Tchirtchik . 21.VIII.1881, G. Capus 895 (P [P00479490]) .

REMARK

Closely allied to the other Middle Asian species G. turkestanorum (Gand.) Holub., it grows in Turkey, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Pakistan to Mongolia and up to Qinghai (China). Gentianella umbellat a is distinguished by the small corolla (8-10 mm long versus 10-13(19) mm in G. turkestanorum) and straight calyx teeth (versus curved and hook-shaped at the apex in G. turkestanorum). A single gathering kept in the P herbarium and collected by Capus in current Uzbekistan was identified as G. umbellata .