Astragalus trifoliastrum (Fabaceae), a revived species for the flora of Turkey |
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| Authors: | Ali Bagheri Seher Karaman Erkul Ali Asghar Maassoumi Mohammad Reza Rahiminejad Frank R. Blattner |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dept of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Univ. of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran;2. Dept of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Aksaray Univ., PO Box 68100, Aksaray, Turkey;3. Dept of Botany, Research Inst. of Forests and Rangelands, PO Box 13185‐116, Tehran, Iran;4. Leibniz‐Inst. of Plant Genetics and Crop Research (IPK Gatersleben), Gatersleben, Germany;5. German Centre of Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
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| Abstract: | As the result of surveying the relevant type specimens, together with macro‐ and micro‐morphological studies, chromosome counting and ITS sequencing, Astragalus trifoliastrum was found to be a species independent of A. laguriformis (with which it has peviously been synonymized). In contrast, A. wanensis, assumed to be a synonym of A. trifoliastrum, indeed appears to be identical with A. trifoliastrum. The diploid chromosome number of 2n = 16 is reported for the first time for A. trifoliastrum. |
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