Delphinium afghanicum Rechinger (1954: 74)

Li, Hui-Min, Yuan, Qiong & Yang, Qin-Er, 2019, Taxonomic studies on the genus Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) from China (XVII): Five new synonyms of D. afghanicum, a newly recorded species for China, Phytotaxa 393 (2), pp. 89-104 : 102-103

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Delphinium afghanicum Rechinger (1954: 74) View in CoL . Figs. 1–11 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 , 13–15 View FIGURE 13 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 .

Type:— AFGHANISTAN. Badakshan, Minjan Pass, 3800 m, 26 July 1937, W. Koelz 12719 (holotype W!, isotype US!). Fig. 15A, B View FIGURE 15 .

= Delphinium wuqiaense Wang (1983: 32) View in CoL , syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Xinjiang, Ulugqat (= Wuqia) County, Suyueke, 3300 m, slope, 4 August 1978, Northwest Inst. Bot. Xinjiang Exped. 1923 (holotype PE!, isotypes WUK!, XJBI!). Figs.1 View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 .

= Delphinium kaschgaricum Yang & Wang (1989: 21) View in CoL , syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Xinjiang, Artux County, 3300 m, slope, 5 August 1981, Q.B. Zhang 01089 (holotype XJA!). Fig. 3.

= Delphinium kunlunshanicum Yang & Wang (1989: 23) View in CoL , syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Xinjiang, Yecheng County, Kokyar Pass, 3800 m, grassy slope, 1 August 1984, Abulimit & Abulikim 144 (holotype XJA!, isotype XJA!). Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 .

= Delphinium zhangii Wang View in CoL in Wang et al. (1999: 214), syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Xinjiang, Akto County, Oytagh (= Oyitaki), between Muji and Qiati, 3600–3650 m, slope, 16 August 1998, Y.L. Zhang 800 (holotype PE!). Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 .

= Delphinium aktoense Wang View in CoL in Wang et al. (1999: 216), syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Xinjiang, Akto County, Oytagh (= Oyitaki), Xiwaner, 3000–3300 m, 5 August 1998, Ubbo Wündisch 902 (holotype PE!). Fig. 6.

Description:—Perennial. Stem erect, simple, (5–)10–60(–75) cm tall, densely covered with whitish, stiff and spreading (i.e. hispidulous) hairs. Basal leaves 1–7, long petiolate; petiole (2–)5–15(–26) cm long, sparsely spreading hispidulous, narrowly sheathed; blade subglabrous adaxially, sparsely puberulent on nerves abaxially, (1.5–)2.5–6(–8) cm long, (2.5–)4–9(–12) cm wide, reniform or pentagonal-reniform, base cordate, 3-parted slightly below the middle, median partition broadly obtrapezoid or broadly obovate, indistinctly 3-lobate, lobes 2–3-crenate-denticulate, mucronate, lateral partitions obliquely flabellate, unequally 2-lobate. Middle stem leaves absent or 1–3, smaller; petiole (3–)5– 16(–25) cm long; blade 2.5–6.5(–8) cm long, 4–10 cm wide, deeply 3-divided almost to the base, lobules ovate. Distal stem leaves reduced. Inflorescence often racemose, sometimes paniculate with few branches, (1–)3–20(–32)-flowered, (1.5–)5–30(–55) cm long; peduncle covered with whitish, stiff and spreading (i.e. hispidulous) hairs; bracts trilobate or lanceolate-oblong, 0.5–1.2(–3.5) cm long, densely spreading whitish hispidulous; bracteoles more or less distant from flowers, linear or lanceolate-linear, 4–7.5 mm long, 0.7–2 mm wide, densely spreading whitish hispidulous. Sepals blue or blue-purple, abaxially whitish hispidulous; upper sepal 8–15(–18) mm long, 6–8 mm wide, oblong, the spur subulate, straight, sometimes slightly recurved downward at apex, 7–15(–24) mm long, 1.4–3.5 mm wide at base; other sepals (5–)9–14(–17) mm long, (2–) 4–10 mm wide. Petals blackish, acuminate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate. Staminodes brown-blackish or blackish, limb broadly ovate, 3.5–5 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, 2-cleft and gaping almost halfway, the lobes yellow barbate and white ciliate, claw 6–8 mm long. Filaments glabrous or sparsely pilose. Carpels 3; ovaries densely puberulent. Seeds ca. 2.5 mm long, transversely squamulose.

Distribution and habitat:— Delphinium afghanicum is distributed in Afghanistan and China (western Xinjiang) ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 ). It grows on mountain slopes, in scrub, meadows or forests at elevations of 2700–4100 m.

Phenology:—Flowering from July to August; fruiting in September.

Additional specimens examined:— AFGHANISTAN. Badakshan: near Fayzabad and Kishim, Minjan Pass, 4100 m, 27 July 1937, W. Koelz 12746 (E, US); Kuran Wa Munjan, upper Anjuman-Tal, 3400 m, 15 August 1965, D. Podlech 12395 (E). Baghlan: Khinjan, north side of Salang Pass, 3200 m, rock ledges, 22 July 1969, P. Wendelbo & L. Ekberg W9846 (E).

CHINA. Xinjiang:Akto, Oytagh, between Muji and Qiati, 2770 m, meadow, 9 August 2016, H.M. Li & Q.G. Mao 345 (IBSC), Oytagh, Xiwaner, 2700 m, grassy slope on streamside, 10 August 2016, H.M. Li & Q.G. Mao 350 (IBSC), Oytagh, Xiwaner, 2700 m, grassy slope on streamside, 6 August 2017, H.M. Li & Y.P. Zeng 636 (IBSC), Oytagh, between Muji and Qiati, 2770 m, meadow, 8 August 2017, H.M. Li & Y.P. Zeng 642 (IBSC), Oytagh, between Muji and Qiati, 3600 m, 16 August 1998, Ubbo Wüendisch 402 (PE), Oytagh, Weiyike Valley, 2800–3000 m, 15 July 1998, Y.L. Zhang 298 (PE); Uluqqat, Jigen town, Simuhana Frontier Station, 3200 m, grassland, 29 July 1978, Northwest Inst. Bot. Xinjiang Exped. 2144 (XJBI), Toyun Frontier Station, 3600 m, grassland, 4 August 1978, Northwest Inst. Bot. Xinjiang Exped. 2302 (WUK, XJBI), Bostanterek town, 3300 m, near waterfall, 11 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1624 (XJA), Bostanterek town, 3300 m, near waterfall, 17 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1625 (XJA), Bostanterek town, 3300 m, near waterfall, 17 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1626 (XJA), Bostanterek town, 3000–3300 m, grassy slope and scrub, 17 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1854 (XJA), Toyun town, Suyueke, 3800–4000 m, gravelly slope, 22 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1949 (XJA), Toyun town, Suyueke, 3800–4000 m, gravelly slope, 22 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1963 (XJA), Toyun town, Suyueke, 3800–4000 m, gravelly slope, 22 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1986 (XJA); Uqturpan (= Wushi), Yamansu town, Changxigesu, 2800 m, scrub in valley, 22 August 1992, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 92–1531 (XJA), Yamansu town, Changxigesu, 2800 m, scrub in valley, 22 August 1992, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 92–1681 (XJA), Yamansu town, Rongkuzi, 3000 m, scrub, 4 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–693 (XJA), Yamansu town, Rongkuzi, 2800–3100 m, scrub in valley, 6 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–979 (XJA), Yamansu town, Rongkuzi, 2800–3100 m, scrub in valley, 6 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–980 (XJA), Yamansu town, Rongkuzi, 2800–3100 m, scrub, 6 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–994 (XJA), Yamansu town, A’ren, 2800 m, scrub, 9 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1099 (XJA), Yamansu town, A’ren, 2800 m, scrub, 9 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1127 (XJA), Yamansu town, A’ren, 3200 m, scrub, 9 August 1993, B. Wang & T. Muhemmedjan 93–1182 (XJA); Yecheng, Kokyar town, Huangezi, 3400 m, ravine, 4 August 1987, Qinghai-Xizang Exped. 870794 (HNWP, PE), Supiyake, 3000 m, margins of spruce forest in ravine, 14 August 1987, Qinghai-Xizang Exped. 870996 (HNWP, PE), Qipan village, 3100 m, in forest, 16 July 1989, S.K. Wu, Y.H. Wu & Y. Fei 4695 (KUN), Qipan village, 2800 m, humid places, 17 July 1989, S.K. Wu, Y.H. Wu & Y. Fei 5123 (KUN).