Senecio paulsenii subsp. khorasanicus (Rechinger & Aellen) Nordenstam (1989b: 68)

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27b. Senecio paulsenii subsp. khorasanicus (Rechinger & Aellen) Nordenstam (1989b: 68) . Senecio khorasanicus Rechinger & Aellen in Rechinger (1950: 236). TYPE: Iran, Khorasan, in montibus serpentinicis ditionis Robat Safid, [35º47'N 59º20'E], 27 May 1948, K.H. Rechinger 4439 et al. (holotype, W-3490 image!).

Senecio orientalis f. subsimplex Bornmüller (1906: 156) . TYPE: Iran, Markazi, between Arak and Qom, dit. urb. Sultanabad, monte Latetar , [34º22'N 50º20'E], Aug 1898, T. Strauss s.n. (lectotype, designated here, JE-5744 image!; isolectotype, B-10-0325080!).

Plant glabrescent. Achenes with intercostal trichomes 0.1–0.2 mm long.

Iconography: — Nordenstam (1989b: tab. 43).

Distribution and habitat: — Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan; clay slopes, dry places, steppes, serpentine rocks, unless on calcareous soils; 1400–3000 m elevation ( Figure 32 ).

Phenology: — Flowering from May to June.

Discussion: — The epithet khorasanicus refers Khorasan, a pre-2004 province of Iran and a historic region which lies mostly in parts of modern-day Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.

Selected specimens examined. AFGHANISTAN. Badakhshan: Zebak , 36º31’N, 71º20’E, 15 July 1948, L . Edelberg 1244 ( C) . Bamiyan: Band-e-Amir , abrupt slope to the lake, 34º50’N, 67º11’E, 22 July 1974, I . Gubanov, B . Pavlov & M. C . Younos 652 ( LE); au-dessus du lac suspendu de Band-i Amir , 34º50’N, 67º14’E, 26 Aug 1958, H . Pabot s.n. ( G); Band-i Amir , 34º23’N, 67º17’E, 13 July 1962, K. H . Rechinger 18249 ( B, G, M); in valle 12 km E Panjao , 34º21’N, 67º0’E, 21 June 1967, K. H . Rechinger 36208 ( G, MA) . Ghazni: Okak, NE altoplanitiei Dasht- e Nawar ( Naour ), 33º50’N, 67º55’E, 4 July 1962, K. H . Rechinger 17769 ( G) . Ghor: 4 km W Chehelgar (an der Strasse Taywara-Pasaband), 33º37’N, 64º34’E, 5 June 1971, D. Podlech 21840 ( G, LE); prope Dorahi Tarbulak inter Panjao et Lal , 34º27’N, 66º29’E, 25 July 1962, K. H . Rechinger 18808 ( G) . Wardak: Farakulum , 34º29’N, 68º7’E, 22 July 1948, M . Köie 2534 ( C); Siah Sang prope Farakulum, ad fluvium Helmand , 34º31’N, 68º8’E, 20 June 1967, K. H . Rechinger 36098 ( G, M) . IRAN. Hamadan: région d'Aq Bolagh-e (90 km N. de Hamadan ), 35º37’N, 48º26’E, 1960, J.- A . Rioux & E . Golvan 461 ( G) . Isfahan: in jugo 10 km a Kohruyeh meridiem versus, inter Shahreza et Semirom , 31º42’N, 51º48’E, 5 June 1974, K. H . Rechinger 47276 ( G, S, WU) . Khorasan: montes Kopet-Dagh, in jugo Alamli , 38º4’N, 57º22’E, 3 June 1948, K. H . Rechinger 4819 ( B, MO, NY, S); ditionis Robati Safid 82–90 km S Mashhad, 70 km N Torbat-e Heydariyeh, 35º47’N, 59º20’E, 7 May 1975, K. H . Rechinger 51314 ( G, MA, S); prope Robat-e Safid inter Mashhad et Torbat-e Heydariyeh , 35º47’N, 59º20’E, 29 May 1977, K. H . Rechinger 55880 ( B, G) . Markazi: dit. urb. Sultanabad, montes Tefresch , 34º22’N, 50º20’E, Aug 1898, T . Strauss s.n. ( B) . TURKMENISTAN. Ahal: eastern Kopet Dag, in the canyon Kurtlisuvv , 38º3’N, 57º24’E, 19 May 2001, Kurbanov 1218 ( MO) .

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Figures

FIGURE 32. Distribution map for Senecio paulsenii subsp. khorasanicus (Rechinger & Aellen) Nordenstam (▲) and S. joharchii Ghahremaninejad et al. (●).