Bupleurum aitchisonii (Boiss. 1888: 252) H. Wolff (1910:142)

Pimenov, Michael G. & Kljuykov, Eugene V., 2015, A new species of Bupleurum (Umbelliferae) from Badakhshan, with notes on and a key to the alpine species of High Asia, Phytotaxa 226 (3), pp. 245-252 : 247

1. Bupleurum aitchisonii (Boiss. 1888: 252) H. Wolff (1910:142) .

Basionym : Bupleurum olympicum Boiss. (1844: 149) var. aitchisonii Boiss. (1888: 252) . Type :— AFGHANISTAN. Kurram valley, Afghanistan. Amongst stones at 12000 to 14000 feet, Sikaram, August 1878, Aitchison 929 (lectotype G-BOIS!; designated by Pimenov & Jacquemoud (2015); isolectotypes BM!, C!, DD!, GH!, K!, LE!) .

Syn.: Bupleurum aitchisonii (Boiss. 1888: 252) H. Wolff (1910:142) var. abbreviatum H. Wolff (1910: 143) . Type:— AFGHANISTAN. Afghanistan: auf Alpen des Kuram-Thales, Aitchison 929 (not traced).

Procumbent, glabrous herbs; main stem abbreviate, branched from the base; leaves basal and cauline, linear, upper linear to lanceolate, amplexicaul; bracts 1–3, lanceolate to oval; rays 2–4, up to 1 cm long; bracteoles 5, linear; petals yellow with broad resin canal; stylopods brown; fruits 2–4 mm long, 1.5 mm broad; vallecular vittae 3–5 per furrow, commissural 4–6.

Distribution:— India (W Himalaya: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal), Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan (NE; E).

Notes:—The majority of gatherings, labeled as B. aitchisonii from Tajikistan, belong to the new species, B. pamiricum , which is described in this article. The distribution of B. aitchisonii in Tajikistan is confirmed, however, by a specimen from Khorog herbarium ( Tajikistan, Gorno-Badakhshan, Barvoz village, Shakhdara ridge, stony slope of NE exposition, alt. = 3800 m, 15 August 1974. Zaprjagaev & Dengubenko 556, KHOR!).

2. Bupleurum condensatum Shan Renhwa & Li Yin (1974: 279, tab. 56, fig. 1–9). Type:— CHINA. Qinghai: Gonghe Xian, Deheba, Yao ZhongWu 875 (holotype NAS).

Low, slender herbs; stems numerous; all or the majority of leaves in basal rosette; leaf laminas narrowly lanceolate; bracts 5–6, linear; rays 4–7, 3–6 cm long, unequal; bracteoles 5, lanceolate; petals yellow to yellow-green; stylopods yellow or purplish; fruits 1.8–3.2 mm long, 1.8–2 mm broad; vallecular vittae solitary, commissural 2.

Distribution:— China (Tibet: Qinghai).