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12. Oxytropis sect. Xerobia Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, sér. 7. 22(1): 119. 1874.

矮生棘豆组 ai sheng ji dou zu

Herbs, acaulescent, exceptionally caulescent, caespitose. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets not verticillate. Racemes 1-8-flowered or more; peduncle 1-9 cm, shorter to slightly longer than leaves. Legume sessile or with a stipe to 5 mm; body ovoid or cylindric, 5-27 mm, membranous.

About 27 species: China, Mongolia, Russia; 22 species (12 endemic) in China.


1 Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflet blades of mature leaves 1.7-4.5 cm.   64 O. diversifolia
+ Leaves 5-35-foliolate; leaflet blades 0.2-1(-1.4) cm   (2)
       
2 (1) Racemes many flowered (usually 10 or more)   (3)
+ Racemes (1 or)2-8(-10)-flowered   (5)
       
3 (2) Corolla yellow, standard ca. 13 mm.   65 O. maduoensis
+ Corolla purple, standard 6-8 mm   (4)
       
4 (3) Plants acaulescent or essentially so; peduncle shorter than leaves; stipules 7-9 mm; beak of corolla keel ca. 0.3 mm.   66 O. linearibracteata
+ Plants caulescent, with 2 or more internodes apparent; peduncle equaling or shorter than leaves; stipules 4-5 mm; beak of corolla keel ca. 2 mm.   67 O. lanceatifoliola
       
5 (2) Corolla standard 0.5-0.9 cm; calyx 3.4-7 mm; racemes 2-5-flowered   (6)
+ Corolla standard 0.9-2.6 cm; calyx (5-)6-15 mm; racemes (1 or)2-10-flowered   (10)
       
6 (5) Corolla white; racemes 2- or 3-flowered; calyx 6-7 mm; herbage green or greenish, not gray.   82 O. biflora
+ Corolla purple; racemes 2-5-flowered; calyx 3.4-6 mm; herbage with gray trichomes   (7)
       
7 (6) Plants 1-2 cm tall; peduncle less than 1 cm, shorter than leaves.   80 O. brevipedunculata
+ Plants 2-10 cm tall; peduncle 2-7 cm, subequal to leaves or slightly surpassing them   (8)
       
8 (7) Leaves 7-13-foliolate; leaflet blades lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4.5-10 × 0.5-2 mm; lamina of corolla standard oblong.   79 O. pusilla
+ Leaves 11-21-foliolate; leaflet blades ovate or oblong, 3-5 × 1-2 mm; lamina of corolla standard transversely broadly ovate or ovate   (9)
       
9 (8) Calyx ca. 3.4 mm; corolla wings ca. 6.2 mm, keel ca. 5 mm; plants of Xinjiang.   84 O. yanchiensis
+ Calyx 5-6 mm; corolla wings ca. 8 mm, keel ca. 7 mm; plants of Xizang.   85 O. cinerascens
       
10 (5) Corolla yellow or pale yellow   (11)
+ Corolla purple, blue, purplish blue, or light purple   (12)
       
11 (10) Racemes rather lax; calyx 1.2-1.3 cm; corolla pale yellow, standard rounded at apex, wings truncate to rounded apically; leaflets glabrous.   68 O. ciliata
+ Racemes subcompact; calyx 0.8-1 cm; corolla yellow, standard emarginate at apex, wings rounded apically; leaflets with trichomes.   77 O. pseudohirsuta
       
12 (10) Corolla standard 0.9-1.3 cm, wings 1-1.2 cm   (13)
+ Corolla standard (1-)1.5-2.6(-3) cm, wings (1.2-)1.3-2.1(-2.5)   (14)
       
13 (12) Plants 2-8 cm tall; bracts 5-6 mm; calyx lobes 1.5-1.7 mm; apex of corolla standard emarginate; legume body 1-1.5 cm.   78 O. platysema
+ Plants 7-15 cm tall; bracts 2-4 mm; calyx lobes 2-4 mm; apex of corolla standard 2-lobed; legume body 1.4-3.7 cm.   81 O. yunnanensis
       
14 (12) Corolla standard 1-1.5(-2.1) cm; keel beak (1-)1.5-1.6 mm; legume 3-4 mm wide.   83 O. pauciflora
+ Corolla standard (1.5-)1.7-2.6(-3) cm; keel beak 1-3 mm; legume 6-16 mm wide (unknown for O. wutaiensis)   (15)
       
15 (14) Beak of corolla keel 1.5-3 mm; calyx (1-)1.2-1.6 cm   (16)
+ Beak of corolla keel 1-1.5(-1.8) mm; calyx 0.8-1.2(-1.3) cm (to 1.5 cm for O. inschanica)   (18)
       
16 (15) Bracts 10-14 mm.   75 O. assiensis
+ Bracts 3-10 mm   (17)
       
17 (16) Stipules membranous; leaflet blades broadly elliptic-oblong, oblong, or oblong-linear, 3-7 × 1.5-3 mm, plane; bracts 3-6 mm.   69 O. poncinsii
+ Stipules scarious; leaflet blades ovate to lanceolate, 5-10 × 2-4 mm, folded; bracts 6-10 mm.   70 O. eriocarpa
       
18 (15) Leaflet blades apparently linear (involute)   (19)
+ Leaflet blades ovate, oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, plane or only marginally involute   (20)
       
19 (18) Leaves 5-9-foliolate; corolla standard 2-3 cm, lamina subelliptic.   71 O. inschanica
+ Leaves 9-13-foliolate; corolla standard 1.8-2.3 cm, lamina suborbicular.   72 O. leptophylla
       
20 (18) Leaves 13-21-foliolate; leaflet blades lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate; racemes (2 or)3-5-flowered.   76 O. moellendorffii
+ Leaves 17-35-foliolate; leaflet blades ovate or oblong-lanceolate; racemes 2-8-flowered   (21)
       
21 (20) Corolla wings rounded at apex; racemes compact, 2-4-flowered; stipules ca. 3 mm.   73 O. wutaiensis
+ Corolla wings 2-lobed at apex; racemes rather lax, 2-8-flowered; stipules 5-13 mm.   74 O. anertii

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