Astragalus liuaiminii, a new species of Astragalus (Fabaceae) from Xinjiang, China

By

Yang , Zong-Zong
Liu, Quan-Ru
Liu, Zhen
Xiang, Jishan
Li, Xiaolan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

243

Pages

209--214

Subjects

Astragalus sect. Laguropsis , new species , taxonomy , Xinjiang

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.119707

 

Abstract

A new species, Astragalus liuaiminii Z. Z. Yang & Q. R. Liu (Fabaceae), is described and illustrated from Xinjiang Province, China. The new species is close to A. wenquanensis S. B. Ho, but differs from the latter by leaves having a single leaflet (vs. 3–5 leaflets), and inflorescences with 1–2 flowers (vs. inflorescences with 5–7 flowers). It is also similar to A. monophyllus Maxim in leaf shape, but differs by its calyx expanding to become saccate and totally enveloping the pod (vs. calyx tubular, and ruptured by pod after flowering).