Relisting of the 2 species Lamyropappus schakaptaricus (B.Fedtsch.) Knorring & Tamamsch. and Hedysarum gypsaceum Korotkova in the flora of Uzbekistan

• Main Authors: Komiljon Tojibaev, Farkhod Karimov, Hyeok Jae Choi, Kyung Choi, Chang-gee Jang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
• Series: Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X19301141

Lamyropappus is a monotypic genus in Asteraceae with the area to southwest part of Pribalkhash desert, deserts and mountains in the lower part of Naryn river basin. Since this genus is similar to Cirsium Mill., it was described as C. schakaptaricum O. Fedtsch. & B. Fedtsch at the first time. Later, based on some characters of a flower, Lamyropappus has been become independent from Cirsium as a monotypic genus. The main habitats of this species located in Kyrgyzstan territory. Since the mid 1970’s, potential habitats in Uzbekistan have been mastered and the populations of this species were not found during the field studies. As a result of recently field studies, this genus was found in southern slopes of the Chatkal ridge within Uzbekistan territory in field study of Green Road Project Team. Hedysarum gypsaceum Korotkova is one of narrow endemics of Chatkal Range and known from only boundary area between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The last time the species was collected from the territory of Uzbekistan in 1956. According to the field surveys of 2015, the species is rare in the Uzbekistan part of the Chatkal range. In this paper new information about population of Hedysarum gypsaceum is given. Keywords: Central Asia, Chatkal mountains, Flora, Hedysarum gypsaceum, Lamyropappus schakaptaricus, Uzbekistan