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Issue: Vol. 622 No. 4: 1 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.4.1
Page range: 236-251
Abstract views: 156
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Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus, a new species of section Poterion from northern Balochistan (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 of Excellence in Phylogeny; Department of Plant Science; School of Biology; College of Science; University of Tehran
Department of Agricultural Extension; Zhob; Balochistan; Pakistan
Eudicots Astragalus sect. Poterion Conservation Flora of Pakistan Systematics Taxonomy

Abstract

Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus, a new species from northern Balochistan (Pakistan), is described and illustrated. The new species is a perennial, loosely branched, slender spiny shrub characterized by whitish corolla and broadly ellipsoid standard limb. The legume is semi-bilocular, 2‒4-seeded and sparsely pilose with white hairs. The morphological, anatomical, pollen and seed morphological features of A. pseudoanisacanthus are compared with its closely related species, i.e. A. anisacanthus.

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