Convolvulus pseudocantabrica subsp. pseudocantabrica

Wood, John R. I., Williams, Bethany R. M., Mitchell, Thomas C., Carine, Mark A., Harris, David J. & Scotland, Robert W., 2015, A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae), PhytoKeys 51, pp. 1-282 : 151-152

131a. Convolvulus pseudocantabrica subsp. pseudocantabrica

Convolvulus dianthoides Kar. & Kir., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 708. 1841. (Karelin and Kiriloff 1841: 708). Type. KAZAKHSTAN, Mount Tarbagatay, Karelin & Kiriloff 329 (holotype MW; isotypes BM!, K!, LE!, OXF!, P!, W!).

Convolvulus pseudocantabrica subsp. dianthoides (Kar. & Kir.) Vved., Byull. Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ. 11 (Suppl.): 16. 1925. ( Popov and Vvedensky (1925: 16). Type. Based on Convolvulus dianthoides Kar. & Kir.

Convolvulus pseudocantabrica var. dianthoides (Kar. & Kir.) Sa’ad, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 281: 104. 1967. ( Sa’ad 1967: 104). Type. Based on Convolvulus dianthoides Kar. & Kir.

Distinguishing features.

Characterised by the shorter sepals, c. 5 mm long, which are obovate and abruptly mucronate.

Distribution.

China (fide Fang and Staples 1997: 290); Afghanistan ( Rechinger 16476, 31103, Grey-Wilson & Hewer 1217, Aitchison 847, Volk 169); Pakistan ( Siddiqui & Rahman 26848); Kyrgistan ( Nikitin s.n. [7/7/1967], Drobov 2779, Federov & Ilina 305); Tajikistan ( Kamelin s.n. [24/7/1962], Bornmüller 518B, Kinzikayeva 1066); Kazakhstan ( Goloskokov 4836, Vassinger 20); Uzkekistan ( Minkwitz 1289, Borodin & Kallistow 78).