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Issue: Vol. 671 No. 3: 14 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.671.3.1
Page range: 211-230
Abstract views: 645
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Astragalus kanjuensis, a new species of section Aegacantha (Galegeae-Fabaceae) from Swat, Pakistan

Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Charbagh 19120 Pakistan
National Herbarium of Pakistan (Stewart Collection), Plant Genetic Resources Institute, PARC-National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
National Herbarium of Pakistan (Stewart Collection), Plant Genetic Resources Institute, PARC-National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Charbagh 19120 Pakistan
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Aegacantha Astragalus Eudicots

Abstract

A new species Astragalus kanjuensis, is described and illustrated from Kanju Town, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. The new species is morphologically similar to A. vallis-astoris Podlech & Zarre, but is characterized by densely white pilose young branches, short stipules 3.5–7 mm long, with 1–3 longitudinal nerves, elongate 2.5–6.3 cm long peduncles, pilose with white hairs, two-flowered raceme, whitish-membranous pilose bracts with white hairs, pedicels 3.5–5.5 mm long, densely pubescent with white hairs, relatively long standard up to 32 mm, ovary short-stipitate, style glabrous in the middle, legumes elliptic to oblong, 14–21×4–6.5 mm, beak abruptly curved 2–4 mm densely pubescent with white spreading hairs.

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