Corispermum pamiricum Iljin, Acta Inst. Bot. Acad. Sc. URSS, ser. 1(3): 165 (1937)
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Corispermum pamiricum Iljin, Acta Inst. Bot. Acad. Sc. URSS, ser. 1(3): 165 (1937) |
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3. Corispermum pamiricum Iljin, Acta Inst. Bot. Acad. Sc. URSS, ser. 1(3): 165 (1937)
Holotype.
[TAJIKISTAN] Buchara prov. [Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous province], Wachan [Vakhan], in valle fl. Pamir pr. castellum Langar-Gisht, ca. 9500 ft a.s.l., in glareosis riparris [Pamir river valley near Langar-Gisht fortress, 9500 ft a.s.l.], 27 Jul 1901, Th. Alexeenko 3217 (LE! with a topotype no. 3216!).
Description.
Annual up to 20 cm, usually pubescent. Leaves linear to narrowly oblong, up to 2.0 × 0.5(0.7) cm, with a mucro at the top. Inflorescence short, its branches with 5-15 flowers. Bracts significantly shorter than leaves, ovoid, (almost) completely covering the fruit, sometimes recurved at the fruiting stage. Fruit 2.2-3.0 × 1.7-2.0 mm, 0.40-0.60 mm thick, with entire margin and indistinctly triangular or roundish apex terminating in slightly emarginate beak (Fig. 33C View Figure 33 ), glabrous and mostly smooth (without detachments), sometimes with groups of dark-brown tanniniferous cells. Wing small, 0.15 -0.30 mm, broadly triangular in cross-section. Pericarp without detachments. Sclereids in the medium fruit part composed of 1-2 layers located parallel to the fruit axis.
Habitat.
Sandy places at altitudes of 3400-4000 m a.s.l.
Phenology.
Flowering: July-September; fruiting: August-October.
Distribution.
See Fig. 34 View Figure 34 .
Specimens examined.
CHINA: Xizang: Xigazê Prefecture: Lhazê (Lazi) County, Kabei vill., 4000 m a.s.l., 27 Aug 1961, Zhang 2727 (PE00540415);
INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir: Ladakh, Indus valley, Sham (W), Basgo to Nye, 3400-3440 m a.s.l., 7 Aug 2006, L. Klimeš 6709 (PRA).
General distribution.
Tajikistan (Pamir), N Afghanistan, N India and W China (Xizang).
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