Senecio paulsenii subsp. paulsenii

Calvo, Joel, Álvarez, Inés & Aedo, Carlos, 2015, Systematics of Senecio section Crociseris (Compositae, Senecioneae), Phytotaxa 211 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

27a. Senecio paulsenii subsp. paulsenii

Plant with the indumentum ± arachnoid, specially on the involucre. Achenes glabrous or nearly so.

Iconography: — Nordenstam (1989b: tab. 42).

Distribution and habitat: — Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan; rocky slopes, screes, steppes, grassy open slopes; elevations of 2400–4300 m ( Figure 31 ).

Phenology: — Flowering from May to August.

Discussion: — Its glabrous achenes are a distinctive character among the Crociseris species of Central Asia.

Selected specimens examined. AFGHANISTAN. Badakhshan: Vakhan-Ishkashimskiy rayon, upper reach of the Kugi-lyal’ river, canyon at W slopes of mountains opposite to the Pyandzh river , 36º48’N, 72º2’E, 17 June 1935 ,

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Phytotaxa 211 (1) © 2015 Magnolia Press • 83 P. N. Ovczinnikov & C.S. Afanassiev 555 (LE); Shughnan, valley of the Bartang river, between Chadut and Razduzh, 37º41’N, 71º31’E, 23 May 1914, N.N. Tuturin & P.I. Bessedin 52 (LE). Baghlan: Andarab-Tal, Seitental des Taganak-Tales südlich Darrah-i-Shu , 35º37’N, 69º12’E, 4 June 1965, D. Podlech 11104 ( M); Andarab-Tal, kleines Seitental nördlich von Sarab , 35º34’N, 69º14’E, 6 June 1965, D. Podlech 11145 ( M). PAKISTAN . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral, Chitral-Mastuj track, Kuragh, 36º16’N, 72º29’E, 26 May 1958, J.D. A. Stainton 2517 ( UPS). TAJIKISTAN . Districts of Republican Subordination: The Emirate of Bukhara, Kara-Shura, 39º16’N, 71º32’E, 19 July 1897, V. I. Lipsky s.n. ( LE) . Gorno-Badakhshan: north ridge of the Shakh-Dara range, 4 km up the source of the Shakh-Dara river, slope of E exposure, 37º26’N, 72º13’E, 12 Aug 1955, P. Gagarin 2053 ( LE); the Bartang river, Khorodzhio valley , 38º6’N, 72º8’E, 28 July 1964, S. S. Ikonnikov 16139 ( LE); the Shakh-Dara river, Kok-Chashma valley , 3 km up the Botanical garden , 37º28’N, 71º38’E, 15 Aug 1965, S. S. Ikonnikov 17513 ( LE); valley of the Toguz-Bulak river near Dzhelanda , 37º34’N, 72º36’E, 28 July 1957, S. S. Ikonnikov 2181 ( LE); the Toguz-Bulak river, S slope of the Bakchigir range , 37º34’N, 72º38’E, 28 July 1957, S. S. Ikonnikov 3082 ( LE); valley of the Shadzud-Dara river , upper part of the valley , 37º29’N, 72º46’E, 14 July 1957, S. S. Ikonnikov 3404 ( LE); Pamirskiy highway, 114/ 614 km, valley of the Toguz-Bulak river , 37º36’N, 72º33’E, 23 June 1957, G. Ladygina 1035 ( LE); the Vanch river, Bunay canyon , 38º25’N, 71º33’E, 13 July 1962, N. P. Litvinova 13543 ( LE); Shadzud-Dara valley , 7 km away of the mouth, right slope , 37º29’N, 72º44’E, 15 July 1957, L. Sidorov 2454 ( LE); Shughnan, Vakhan, Nishgar canyon , 37º1’N, 72º28’E, 13 June 1914, N. N. Tuturin & P. I. Bessedin 252 ( LE, US) .

Figures

FIGURE 31. Distribution map for Senecio franchetii Winkler (●), S. olgae Regel & Schmalhausen (∆), and S. paulsenii Hoffmann subsp. paulsenii (○).