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Trifolium montanum L. subsp. humboldtianum (A. BR. ET ASCHERS.) HOSSAIN |
Trifolium montanum L. subsp. humboldtianum (A. BR. ET ASCHERS.) HOSSAIN |
Trifolium L.
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T. montanum L., Sp. PL 770 (1753). subsp. humboldtianum (A. Br. & Aschers.) Hossain in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 23:463 (1961). Figure 4, p. 399. Syn: T. humboldtianum A. Br. & Aschers. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 24 (1868); T. bordzilowskyi Grossh. in J. Bot. Soc. Russe 14:311 (1929). Ic: Bobrov in Acta Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS Ser. 1(6):218, f. 1 (1947). Erect or ascending perennial, 30-80 cm. Leaflets 2-6 cm, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, leathery; stipules c. 1 cm, membranous, ovate, adnate to the stem. Inflorescence capitate, globose to ovoid, 1.5-2.0 cm diam., many-flowered, elongating in fruit, peduncles 4-15 cm. Bracts elliptic, shorter than calyx tube. Flowers whitish, pedicels at most ? as long as calyx. Calyx 6-8 mm, campanulate, 10-nerved, teeth unequal. Corolla (l.2-)l.5-l.7 cm, standard longer than wings and keel. Legume 5-6 mm, ovoid-oblong, usually 2-seeded. Fl. 8. Mountain slopes, etc., 1800-2400 m. Described from plants cultivated at Berlin, raised from seed collected at Tiflis (Georgia) by Noodt. E. Anatolia. A9 Kars: Sarikamiş, 2100 m, D. 20797! B8 Erzurum: Ataturk University Farm, Winter 163! B9 Ağri: E. side of Tahir pass, 19 km from Eleşkirt to Horasan, 2400 m, D. 47089! C10 Hakkari: 21 km from Bajirge to Yüksekova, 2230 m, D. 45222! Caucasus, Soviet Armenia. Subsp. humboldtianum differs from subsp. montanum of C. & S. Europe in its glabrous stems and larger flowers. |