Eritrichium subjacquemontii Popov

Hao, Jia-Chen, Wang, Ying-Wei & Liu, Quan-Ru, 2021, Eritrichium aktonense, a new synonym of E. subjacquemontii (Boraginaceae), Phytotaxa 529 (1), pp. 119-124 : 120-123

Eritrichium subjacquemontii Popov in Komarov (1953: 709)

Type :— TAJIKISTAN. Pamir, 3500 m, 13 July 1931, Lipshits 451. (holotype MW-0594327!, isotype MW-0594328!)

= Eritrichium aktonense Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang in Wang et al. (1980: 43). syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Aketao , 3580m, 29 June 1978, Northwest Inst. Bot. Xinjiang Exped. 751 (holotype NWTC-333228!, isotype NWTC-333227!) .

Distribution and habitat: — Eritrichium subjacquemontii grows on rocky slopes or crevices, from 2700 to 3900 m. According to our current knowledge, E. subjacquemontii is widely distributed in the Pamirs, central Asia.

Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting from June to August.

Taxonomic notes: — Eritrichium subjacquemontii can be easily distinguished from related species of Eritrichium by obviously white swelling attachment scars of nutlets.

Additional specimens examined: — CHINA. Xinjiang: Aketao , 18 July 2016, J . C . Hao & Y . Zhou 16802, 16803, 16804 (all BNU!); Tashikuergan , 19 July 2016, J . C . Hao & Y . Zhou 16815, 16816, 16817, 16818, 16820, 16822, 16823, 16824, 16826, 16829 (all BNU!) . TAJIKISTAN. Gorno-Badakhshan, Pamir , 8 September 1955, Ikonnikov s.s. 5396 ( NSK!) .