Astragalus pseudovulpinus Sanchir ex N. Ulziykh.

Alatanzhula, Yue Xin, Zhao, Liqing, Gundegmaa, Vanjil, Yao, Zhenyu & Ri, Xu, 2025, A new Carex L. variety and ten new records from China and Mongolia, Adansonia (3) 47 (10), pp. 157-170 : 163

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2025v47a10
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scientific name	Astragalus pseudovulpinus Sanchir ex N. Ulziykh.
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Astragalus pseudovulpinus Sanchir ex N. Ulziykh. View in CoL

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Byulleten’ Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody. Otdel Biologicheskii. Moscow 95 (1): 115 ( Ulzikhutag 1990).

TYPE MATERIAL. — Russian • Western Mongolia , 31.VII.1972; I. A. Gubanov s.n.; para -, MW [ MW0593202 ] photo !

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering and fruiting from July to September.

ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet refers to the plant's growth form and inflorescence pattern resembling that of a fox.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. — Mongolia and China; new record for China, occurring in Qitai county, Xinjiang. This species grows in Gobi and gully.

ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — China • Xinjiang, Qitai, Beitashan pre-mountain plain wash; 4.VIII.2016; L.Q. Zhao XJ16-8023; HIMC[ HIMC0013432 ] ! • Qinghe, South of Sartogou Township ; 4.VIII.2016; L.Q. Zhao XJ16-8024; HIMC[ HIMC0013433 ] !

TAXONOMIC NOTES

This species is morphologically similar to Astragalus vulpinus Willd. , belonging to the same group, Sect. Alopecias (Stev.) Bunge. It is distinguished by several traits: its standard blade is ovoid, unlike the oblong-obovate standard blade of A. vulpinus , its claw is subequal to the blade compared to the claw being 1.5 times longer than the limb in A. vulpinus , and its leaflets are abaxially villous at the midvein, featuring curly ciliate margins with a retuse or emarginate apex, in contrast to the sparsely white hairy leaflets with a rounded apex found in A. vulpinus ( Xu & Dietrich 2010) .

NEW RECORDS FOR MONGOLIA