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11. Astragalus sect. Chlorostachys Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, sér. 7. 11(16): 27. 1868.

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Astragalus sect. Diplotheca Bunge; A. sect. Nigricantes N. D. Simpson.

Plants perennial, caulescent, with ± long stems; hairs basifixed, white or dark brown to blackish brown. Leaves nearly sessile or with a short petiole; stipules free from petiole, mostly green or greenish, vaginate-connate behind stem or free from each other. Racemes mostly several in 1 stem, with a long peduncle, densely (1-)4- to many flowered; bracts persistent or early falling. Flowers pedicellate. Bracteoles often present. Calyx campanulate to shortly tubular, slightly obliquely gibbous at base, obliquely cut at mouth. Petals yellow or violet; standard rounded to emarginate; keel often longer than wings. Ovary stipitate; style and stigma glabrous. Legumes subsessile to distinctly stipitate, mostly ± keeled ventrally, rounded, obtusely keeled or grooved dorsally, 1-locular or incompletely to completely 2-locular.

Thirty-five species: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan; 20 species (14 endemic) in China.


1 Stipules 30-70 mm, behind stem connate up to top.   63 A. stipulatus
+ Stipules shorter, not connate up to top, if shortly connate, then considerably shorter   (2)
       
2 (1) Stipules 10-45 mm, 2 of 1 leaf often strongly unequal.   53 A. graveolens
+ Stipules at most up to 20(-25) mm but mostly distinctly shorter, equal   (3)
       
3 (2) Stipules of main stem high connate behind stem   (4)
+ Stipules of main stem free from each other, sometimes shortly connate in leaves of lateral branches or in front of petiole   (5)
       
4 (3) Bracts 2-3 mm; calyx 8-10 mm, glabrous.   61 A. moupinensis
+ Bracts 5-6 mm; calyx 6-7 mm, loosely to densely white and black hairy.   54 A. hancockii
       
5 (3) Leaflets hairy adaxially, sometimes in some leaves glabrous   (6)
+ Leaflets of all leaves glabrous adaxially   (10)
       
6 (5) Leaflets 8-10 × 4-5 mm; rachis and peduncle covered with ± spreading hairs.   59 A. matiensis
+ Leaflets distinctly larger, at least 10 mm and up to 35(-40) mm; rachis and peduncle covered with appressed to slightly ascending hairs   (7)
       
7 (6) Stem 1-3 mm in diam.; calyx 4-6.5 mm, teeth 0.5-1.5 mm or sometimes indistinct.   49 A. chlorostachys
+ Stem (2-)4-6(-8) mm in diam., often hollow; calyx 6-9 mm, at least longer teeth 1.5-3 mm   (8)
       
8 (7) Plants in vegetative parts with white hairs only.   55 A. khasianus
+ Plants in vegetative parts with white and black or predominantly blackish brown hairs   (9)
       
9 (8) Stem unbranched; stipules all free; bracts persistent; stigma glabrous.   48 A. chengkangensis
+ Stems strongly branched; stipules in non-flowering lateral branches often connate behind stem or in front of petiole; bracts soon falling; stigma shortly papillose.   50 A. concretus
       
10 (5) Plants completely glabrous, only leaflet just after development abaxially sparsely hairy but soon also glabrous.   46 A. basiflorus
+ Plants hairy at least in parts when fully developed   (11)
       
11 (10) Calyx glabrous or only between and at teeth sparsely and shortly ciliate   (12)
+ Calyx hairy   (15)
       
12 (11) Leaflets in 5-7 pairs; peduncles 14-18 cm; calyx purple red; petals reddish brown; ovary densely black hairy.   57 A. lamalaensis
+ Leaflets in (6-)8-18 pairs; peduncles up to 4.5 cm; calyx not purple red; petals yellow to greenish yellow; legumes glabrous   (13)
       
13 (12) Stipules in main stem ca. 5 mm, in lateral branches 2-3 mm; leaflets 4-7 mm, truncate to retuse; bracts 1-3 mm; calyx ca. 4 mm; standard ca. 9 × 5 mm.   47 A. brachytrichus
+ Stipules 6-16 mm; leaflets 8-15 mm, rounded; bracts 4-5 or 6-12 mm; calyx at least 4 mm but mostly longer; standard 11-13 × ca. 7 mm   (14)
       
14 (13) Bracts 4-5 mm; calyx 4-6 mm, glabrous, teeth ca. 1.5 mm; legumes with a stipe ca. 4 mm, ca. 12 mm, ca. 5 mm high.   58 A. lucidus
+ Bracts 6-12 mm; calyx 6-10 mm, teeth 2-4 mm, between and at teeth shortly black ciliate; legumes with a stipe 5-11 mm, 10-20 mm, 6-12 mm high.   60 A. minshanensis
       
15 (11) Calyx 9-11 mm, with teeth 4-5 mm; standard ca. 18 mm.   65 A. zadaensis
+ Calyx at most 9 mm but mostly distinctly shorter, teeth up to 3 mm; standard shorter, up to 15 mm   (16)
       
16 (15) Bracts 1.5-3 mm; calyx 3-5 mm; bracteoles absent   (17)
+ Bracts at least 4 mm and up to 10(-17) mm; calyx longer; bracteoles often present   (18)
       
17 (16) Stems in lower parts rather densely covered with spreading white hairs 0.5-1 mm and with a few appressed black hairs 0.3-0.4 mm, partly glabrescent and in older parts to completely glabrous, in upper parts sparsely to loosely covered with short appressed black hairs 0.3-0.5 mm; petals cream, sometimes flushed with violet; standard ca. 13 × 5 mm, with slightly distinct short tonguelike tip, below middle slightly constricted.   62 A. rhododendrophilus
+ Stems glabrous at base, in upper parts rather densely covered with curly subappressed hairs 0.1-0.25 mm; petals yellow; standard 9-11 × 5.5-7.5 mm, rhombic-ovate.   56 A. kialensis
       
18 (16) Stems strongly branched; stipules in non-flowering lateral branches often connate behind stem or in front of petiole; bracts soon falling; stigma shortly papillose.   50 A. concretus
+ Stems not strongly branched; stipules all free from each other; stigma glabrous   (19)
       
19 (18) Leaflets in 7-9 pairs; petals cream, sometimes flushed with red; stipules 5-7 mm.   64 A. tumbatsicus
+ Leaflets in at least 10 but mostly in distinctly more pairs; petals yellow; stipules 8-16 mm   (20)
       
20 (19) Stems 1.5-2 mm thick; bracts glabrous; bracteoles, if present, 0.4-1 mm; stipules glabrous or very sparsely ciliate.   51 A. dumetorum
+ Stems 2-6 mm thick; bracts black hairy or white ciliate; bracteoles mostly present, 1.5-3 mm; stipules sparsely to loosely hairy or long ciliate   (21)
       
21 (20) Stipules sparsely to loosely white and black hairy; leaflets in 15-19 pairs; bracts predominantly black hairy, persistent; calyx 5-6 mm; standard 10-12 mm; legumes with a short stipe.   52 A. forrestii
+ Stipules long spreading ciliate; leaflets in 10-13 pairs; bracts white ciliate, soon falling; calyx 6-8 mm; standard 13-15 mm; legumes with a stipe 5-7 mm.   55 A. khasianus


 

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