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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90ACBCCAEEFE4FFEC1" box="[136,493,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
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Diagnostic characters of 
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<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA4FF90AFBECBA4FB88FE00" authorityName="Boissier" authorityYear="1849" box="[906,1066,427,449]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="anisacanthus">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90AFBECBA4FB88FE00" bold="true" box="[906,1066,427,449]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">A. anisacanthus</emphasis>
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<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4CBE1FEE3FDE5" box="[144,321,489,548]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Stipule</th>
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<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AD6BCBE1FE62FE3E" box="[351,448,489,511]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.25" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="3.25" valueMax="4.0" valueMin="2.5">2.5‒4 mm</quantity>
adnate to petiole, 1.5–2 free, tomentose, triangular
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<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AFBECBE1FC49FE3E" box="[906,1003,489,511]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.25" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="2.25" valueMax="2.5" valueMin="2.0">2–2.5 mm</quantity>
adnate to petiole, c. 
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free, densely pilose, broadly triangular
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<tr id="829334B1FFA4006DACA4C843FA30FDA3" box="[144,1426,587,610]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4C843FEE3FDA3" box="[144,321,587,610]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Leaves</th>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAD6BC843FCD9FDA3" box="[351,891,587,610]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
c. 
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long
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<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAFBEC843FA30FDA3" box="[906,1426,587,610]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AFBEC843FC73FDA0" box="[906,977,587,609]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" metricValueMax="8.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="cm" value="6.5" valueMax="8.0" valueMin="5.0">5–8 cm</quantity>
long
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</tr>
<tr id="829334B1FFA4006DACA4C881FA30FD29" box="[144,1426,649,744]" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4C881FEE3FD29" box="[144,321,649,744]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Leaflets</th>
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2.5–9 × 
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, obovate to oblanceolate, apex mucronulate to mucronate, densely to sparsely pilose on both sides
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<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAFBEC881FA30FD29" box="[906,1426,649,744]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
4–8 × 
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, narrowly ovate to orbicular, apex acute to retuse, mucronulate, densely hairy on both sides or pilose along margin only on the upper surface
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="829334B1FFA4006DACA4C907FA30FC53" box="[144,1426,783,914]" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4C907FEE3FC53" box="[144,321,783,914]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Inflorescence</th>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAD6BC907FCD9FC53" box="[351,891,783,914]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
Loose raceme, 3–5-flowered, peduncle 
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long, loosely hairy; bract ovate-lanceolate, acute, faintly 3- nerved, sparsely sub-appressed hairy; bracteoles linear, c. 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AD42C973FE75FC50" box="[374,471,891,913]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="1.25" valueMax="1.5" valueMin="1.0">1–1.5 mm</quantity>
long, white membranous, pilose
</td>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAFBEC907FA30FC53" box="[906,1426,783,914]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
Densely to loosely 2‒5-flowered, peduncle c. 
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long, pilose; bract ovate, densely pilose; bracteoles 
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long, densely pilose
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</tr>
<tr id="829334B1FFA4006DACA4C9B2FA30FC11" box="[144,1426,954,976]" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4C9B2FEE3FC11" box="[144,321,954,976]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Corolla colour</th>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAD6BC9B2FCD9FC11" box="[351,891,954,976]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">White</td>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAFBEC9B2FA30FC11" box="[906,1426,954,976]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Pinkish to purplish</td>
</tr>
<tr id="829334B1FFA4006DACA4C9FFFA30FBCF" box="[144,1426,1015,1038]" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4C9FFFEE3FBCF" box="[144,321,1015,1038]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA4FF90ACA4C9F0FF4AFBCF" authorityName="Roding" authorityYear="1798" box="[144,232,1016,1038]" class="Gastropoda" family="Costellariidae" genus="Vexillum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">Vexillum</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAD6BC9FFFCD9FBCF" box="[351,891,1015,1038]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
obovate, 12–12.5 × 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AE2AC9FFFDDDFBCC" box="[542,639,1015,1037]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.25" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="4.25" valueMax="4.5" valueMin="4.0">4–4.5 mm</quantity>
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<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAFBEC9FFFA30FBCF" box="[906,1426,1015,1038]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
broadly ovate to obovate, 12–18 × 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A8EEC9FFFA99FBCC" box="[1242,1339,1015,1037]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.25" metricValueMax="9.0" metricValueMin="5.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="7.25" valueMax="9.0" valueMin="5.5">5.5–9 mm</quantity>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="829334B1FFA4006DACA4CE3DFA30FBB1" box="[144,1426,1077,1136]" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4CE3DFEE3FBB1" box="[144,321,1077,1136]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Legume</th>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAD6BCE3DFCD9FBB1" box="[351,891,1077,1136]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
6–8 × 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90ADA8CE3DFDA2FB8A" box="[412,512,1077,1099]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.75" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="3.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="3.75" valueMax="4.5" valueMin="3.0">3–4.5 mm</quantity>
, broadly ellipsoid, partially bilocular, 2‒4-seeded
</td>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAFBECE3DFA30FBB1" box="[906,1426,1077,1136]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
4–7 × (2.5‒) 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A837CE4FFBF6FB9C" box="[1027,1108,1095,1117]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="3.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="4.0" valueMax="5.0" valueMin="3.0">3‒5 mm</quantity>
, ovate, unilocular, 1‒2-seeded
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="829334B1FFA4006DACA4CE9FFA30FB6F" box="[144,1426,1175,1198]" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
<th id="C1425DCDFFA4006DACA4CE9FFEE3FB6F" box="[144,321,1175,1198]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Seeds</th>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAD6BCE9FFCD9FB6F" box="[351,891,1175,1198]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
2–4, 1.5–2.5 × 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90ADC4CE9FFDF6FB6C" box="[496,596,1175,1197]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="1.25" valueMax="1.5" valueMin="1.0">1–1.5 mm</quantity>
, light brown
</td>
<td id="C1425DCDFFA4006DAFBECE9FFA30FB6F" box="[906,1426,1175,1198]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">
1–2, 3.5–4 × 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A83ECE9FFBCCFB6C" box="[1034,1134,1175,1197]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="2.75" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="2.5">2.5–3 mm</quantity>
, reddish-brown
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="74B96578FFA4FF91ACBCCEE0FCE3FE51" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="239" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" type="description">
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90ACBCCEE0FEB0FAC3" bold="true" box="[136,274,1256,1282]" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Description</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90ACBCCF39FF67FA8A" box="[136,197,1329,1355]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Plant</emphasis>
spiny shrub 
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tall, mostly loosely branched at the base. Hairs white 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A80CCF38FB61FA8A" box="[1080,1219,1328,1355]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.35" valueMax="0.5" valueMin="0.2">0.2‒0.5 mm</quantity>
. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90A8FBCF39FAABFA8A" bold="true" box="[1231,1289,1329,1355]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Stem</emphasis>
of the current year 
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, 
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thick; bark brownish, internode 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AF2CCF5DFCD9FAAE" box="[792,891,1365,1391]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" metricValueMax="8.0" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="6.0" valueMax="8.0" valueMin="4.0">4‒8 mm</quantity>
, tomentose, many branches arise from the base. Brachyblasts at the main stem densely tomentose and sometimes glabrescent with age. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90A879CF70FB3CFA52" bold="true" box="[1101,1182,1400,1427]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Stipule</emphasis>
of the main stems white membranous, 1‒2-nerved, 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AD82CF95FDB5FA76" box="[438,535,1437,1463]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" metricValueMax="6.0" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="5.0" valueMax="6.0" valueMin="4.0">4‒6 mm</quantity>
, basal 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AE51CF94FD7AFA76" box="[613,728,1436,1463]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.25" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="3.25" valueMax="4.0" valueMin="2.5">2.5‒4 mm</quantity>
adnate to petiole, free part 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A825CF94FB25FA76" box="[1041,1159,1436,1463]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.75" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="1.75" valueMax="2.0" valueMin="1.5">1.5‒2 mm</quantity>
, half embracing the stem, triangular, densely tomentose. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90ADE8CFC9FD89FA1A" bold="true" box="[476,555,1473,1499]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Leaves</emphasis>
of the main stems, 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AF34CFC8FCCBFA1A" box="[768,873,1472,1499]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.25" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="cm" value="2.25" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="1.5">1.5–3 cm</quantity>
, obliquely to horizontally spreading; petiole 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A963CFC9FF0FFA3E" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" metricValueMax="13.0" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="cm" value="0.85" valueMax="1.3" valueMin="0.4">0.4–1.3 cm</quantity>
, in the young leaf sparsely subappressed hairy, rachis 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AF34CFEDFCDDFA3E" box="[768,895,1509,1535]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" metricValueMax="1.7" metricValueMin="0.8" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="cm" value="1.25" valueMax="1.7" valueMin="0.8">0.8–1.7 cm</quantity>
, thin or rigid, terminal spine 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A889CFECFAE4FA3E" box="[1213,1350,1508,1535]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="5.5" metricValueMin="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="3.5" valueMax="5.5" valueMin="1.5">1.5–5.5 mm</quantity>
. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90A964CFECFA0EFA3E" bold="true" box="[1360,1452,1508,1535]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Leaflets</emphasis>
in 3–4 (–5) pairs, basal leaflets longer, oblanceolate, 2.5–9.0 × 1.5–3.0 mm, the upper ones smaller and obovate, all shortly mucronulate to mucronate, with a cusp 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AE97CC24FC8CF986" box="[675,814,1580,1607]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.35" valueMax="0.5" valueMin="0.2">0.2–0.5 mm</quantity>
, densely to sparsely pilose on both sides. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90A93BCC25FEBBF9AA" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Leaves of the brachyblasts</emphasis>
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AD2BCC58FE2BF9AA" box="[287,393,1616,1643]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.75" metricValueMax="5.5" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="cm" value="3.75" valueMax="5.5" valueMin="2.0">2‒5.5 cm</quantity>
, with a petiole 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AE04CC58FD12F9AA" box="[560,688,1616,1643]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="0.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="cm" value="1.5" valueMax="2.5" valueMin="0.5">0.5–2.5 cm</quantity>
; leaflets in 3–5(–6) pairs, 1.5–7.5 × 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90A80BCC58FB10F9AA" box="[1087,1202,1616,1643]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.25" metricValueMax="3.5" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="2.25" valueMax="3.5" valueMin="1.0">1–3.5 mm</quantity>
, round to obovate, flat or sometimes oblanceolate, short mucronulate with a cusp 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90AF2DCC7DFC00F94E" box="[793,930,1653,1679]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.2" valueMax="0.3" valueMin="0.1">0.1–0.3 mm</quantity>
, densely covered on both sides with appressed or subappressed hairs upto 
<quantity id="FB5B9B16FFA4FF90ADFCCC90FDF4F972" box="[456,598,1688,1715]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.6" valueMax="0.7" valueMin="0.5">0.5–0.7 mm</quantity>
. 
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1–3.0 cm sparsely covered with spreading hairs or sometimes subappressed hairs. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90AD52CCB5FE6FF916" bold="true" box="[358,461,1725,1751]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Racemes</emphasis>
3–5 flowered, axis 
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. 
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1.5–3.0 × 0.5–2.0 mm, whitish membranous, ovate to lanceolate, acute, faintly 3-nerved, sparsely subappressed hairy. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90AF4DCCE8FC7AF93A" bold="true" box="[889,984,1760,1787]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Pedicels</emphasis>
1.5–3.0 mm, pilose with spreading white hairs. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90ACF8CD0CFEE7F8DE" bold="true" box="[204,325,1796,1823]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Bracteoles</emphasis>
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, white membranous, linear, densely pilose. 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90AF90CD0CFC45F8DE" bold="true" box="[932,999,1796,1823]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Calyx</emphasis>
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at beginning of anthesis tubular, 
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long, 
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wide, yellowish green or cream coloured, at fruiting time becoming inflated or bladderyenlarged, more or less ellipsoid, 
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long, 
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wide, with 8–12 reticulately connected parallel nerves, densely subappressed pilose at anthesis later on loosely covered with subappressed to spreading hairs, calyx teeth subulate basally somewhat triangular, 2.0–3.0 mm, subequal, pilose with spreading hairs. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90A841CD9CFB19F86E" bold="true" box="[1141,1211,1940,1967]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Petals</emphasis>
white, claws connate at the base with stamen tube. 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90ADE9CDB0FDE6F812" bold="true" box="[477,580,1976,2003]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Vexillum</emphasis>
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, blade obliquely recurved, 5–6.5 × 4.0– 
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, obovate, retuse or emarginate at the apex, cuneate, claw 
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. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA4FF90AE88CDD5FCA6F836" bold="true" box="[700,772,2013,2039]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">Wings</emphasis>
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; blade narrowly oblong to elliptic or obtuse, often slightly emarginate, 4.5 × 
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, auricle 
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, claw 
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. 
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; blade obliquely obovate-triangular, with widely to subrectangularly curved lower edge and slightly concave upper edge, subacute, 3.5–4.5 × 
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, auricle short upto 0.2× 
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, claw 
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. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91AF05CACAFC2AFF1D" bold="true" box="[817,904,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">Stamen</emphasis>
tube 
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, truncate at the mouth, apically curved, free part of filaments alternate short (ca. 
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) and long (
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). 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91AFE8CAEEFB80FEC1" bold="true" box="[988,1058,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">Ovary</emphasis>
with a 
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stipe, narrowly ellipsoid, densely subappressed hairy with short white hair, style glabrous, often sparsely pilose at the base. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91A97ACB03FA09FEE4" bold="true" box="[1358,1451,267,293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">Legume</emphasis>
with a 
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stipe, 
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long, 
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high and 3–4.5 wide, coriaceous-papery, ellipsoid, with a beak 
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; partially bilocular; valves cream-coloured, covered with subappressed white hair upto 
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. 
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91A8CCCB5AFA9BFEAC" bold="true" box="[1272,1337,338,365]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">Seeds</emphasis>
2–4, 1.5– 2.5 × 1.0– 
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, triangular reniform, light brown, granulate.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="74B96578FFA5FF91AC89CB92FE81FE18" pageId="3" pageNumber="239" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91AC89CB92FEEAFE75" bold="true" box="[189,328,410,436]" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species epithet refers to its similarity in general appearance to its closely allied species, i.e. 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91A9A7CB93FEBEFE19" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">A. anisacanthus</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="74B96578FFA5FF91AC89CBEAFBAFFE3C" box="[189,1037,482,509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="239" type="biology_ecology">
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91AC89CBEAFEE1FE3D" bold="true" box="[189,323,482,508]" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">Phenology:</emphasis>
Flowering from March to April and fruiting from April to May.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91ACBCCDD1FF5CF82F" bold="true" box="[136,254,2009,2031]" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91AD37CDD1FD9FF82E" bold="true" box="[259,573,2009,2031]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
A. Khan, A. Sultan &amp; Zarre
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA5FF91AF67CDD1FCF9F82E" bold="true" box="[851,859,2009,2031]" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">(</emphasis>
A) Habitat, (B–C) Habit. (D–F) Flower and fruit close up.
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA2FF96ACBCCDA8FDFAF877" bold="true" box="[136,600,1952,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">
FIGURE 2. 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA2FF96AD3ECDA8FDE5F877" bold="true" box="[266,583,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
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(
</emphasis>
A) Habit from the holotype, (B) Stipule. (C) Inflorescence, (D) Bract, (E) Calyx, (F) 
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, (G) Wings, (H) Keel.
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA3FF97ACBCCD46FDE9F8A5" bold="true" box="[136,587,1870,1892]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">
FIGURE 3. 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA3FF97AD37CD46FD9FF8A5" bold="true" box="[259,573,1870,1892]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
</emphasis>
I) Keel, (J) Stamina, (K) Pistil, (L) Fruit in inflated calyx, (M–N) Pod indumentum, (O–P) Dehisced pod, (Q) Pod opened to show partial septum, (R) Seeds.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA0FF94ACBCCDA8FDFAF877" bold="true" box="[136,600,1952,1974]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">
FIGURE 4. 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA0FF94AD3DCDA8FDE4F877" bold="true" box="[265,582,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
</emphasis>
A) Flowering branch, (B) Stipules, (C) Leaf, (D) Bract, (E) Calyx, (F) 
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, (G) Wings, (H) Keel, (I) Stamina, (J) Pistil, (K) Pod.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="74B96578FFA1FF95ACBCCA95FE2DFE51" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="3C1C36F3FFA1FF95ACBCCA95FE1DFF76" blockId="7.[136,447,157,183]" box="[136,447,157,183]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ACBCCA95FE1DFF76" bold="true" box="[136,447,157,183]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Geographical distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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Based on current known distribution 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AE01CAEEFC9BFEC1" box="[565,825,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">A. pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
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is endemic to Balochistan. It is only known from one population in the 
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locality, growing along dry slopes of Ahmadzai Mountain near Babarh village in Zhob district (
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). Phytogeographically most species of 
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sect. 
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are confined to the Irano-Turanian region. 
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is regarded as center of diversity for this section with 9 out of 12 species (75 %), of which four species are exclusively endemic to the country.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ACBCCE60FF5FFBBC" bold="true" box="[136,253,1128,1150]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Distribution map of 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ADF3CE60FD5AFBBC" box="[455,760,1128,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
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in Zhob district, Balochistan.
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ACBCCEA4FF45FB07" bold="true" box="[136,231,1196,1222]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Ecology</emphasis>
</heading>
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ACBCCEFCFE51FACF" box="[136,499,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
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inhabits mixed community comprising 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AFEDCEFCFB25FACF" box="[985,1159,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Olea europaea</emphasis>
subsp. 
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(Wall. &amp; G.Don) 
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</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AE21CF11FD7DFAF3" box="[533,735,1304,1330]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Pistacia atlantica</emphasis>
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, along mountain slopes and tracks, at an elevation of 
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a.s.l. The other associated taxa include 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AFE3CF35FB13FA97" box="[983,1201,1341,1366]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Nepeta praetervisa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ACBCCF68FEC8FABB" box="[136,362,1376,1402]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Salvia santolinifolia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AE63CF69FC99FABB" box="[599,827,1376,1403]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Cousinia haeckeliae</emphasis>
Bornm
</taxonomicName>
̧ller in 
<bibRefCitation id="58324B02FFA1FF95AFD2CF68FB69FABB" author="Friedrich, F." box="[998,1227,1376,1402]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" pagination="40" refId="ref7049" refString="Friedrich, F. (1938) Cousinia haeckeliae Bornm. Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis 108 (1): 40." type="journal article" year="1938">Friedrich (1938: 40)</bibRefCitation>
, 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95A8E3CF68FA09FABB" box="[1239,1451,1376,1402]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Astragalus stocksii</emphasis>
Bentham ex 
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</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95ADECCF8CFC35FA5F" authority="Boissier (1872: 306)" authorityName="Boissier" authorityPageNumber="306" authorityYear="1872" box="[472,919,1412,1438]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hostilis">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ADECCF8CFD0BFA5F" box="[472,681,1412,1438]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Astragalus hostilis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="58324B02FFA1FF95AE9BCF8CFC35FA5F" author="Boissier, P. E." box="[687,919,1412,1438]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" pagination="306" refId="ref6653" refString="Boissier, P. E. (1872) Astragalus hostilis Boiss. In: Flora Orientalis: sive, Enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae fines hucusque observatarum 2. H. Georg, Basileae, p. 306." type="book chapter" year="1872">Boissier (1872: 306)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95AF96CF8CFA99FA5F" authority="Boissier (1843: 100)" authorityName="Boissier" authorityPageNumber="100" authorityYear="1843" box="[930,1339,1412,1438]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Ebenus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="stellata">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AF96CF8CFBEFFA5F" box="[930,1101,1412,1438]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Ebenus stellata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="58324B02FFA1FF95A860CF8CFA99FA5F" author="Boissier, P. E." box="[1108,1339,1412,1438]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" pagination="100" refId="ref6587" refString="Boissier, P. E. (1843) Ebenus stellata Boiss. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 1 (2): 100." type="journal article" year="1843">Boissier (1843: 100)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95A972CF8CFF59FA03" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Withania coagulans</emphasis>
(Stocks) Dunal (1852: 685)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95AE7ECFA0FB10FA02" authority="(Royle) Graham ex Baker (1878: 251)" authorityName="Baker" authorityPageNumber="251" authorityYear="1878" baseAuthorityName="Royle" box="[586,1202,1448,1475]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Sophora" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mollis">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AE7ECFA0FD57FA03" box="[586,757,1448,1474]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Sophora mollis</emphasis>
(Royle) Graham ex Baker (1878: 251)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95A88BCFA1FEFBFA27" authority="(Boiss.) Hoffmann" authorityName="Hoffmann" baseAuthorityName="Boiss." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Jurinea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="berardioides">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95A88BCFA1FA09FA03" box="[1215,1451,1448,1474]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Jurinea berardioides</emphasis>
(Boiss.) Hoffmann
</taxonomicName>
in 
<bibRefCitation id="58324B02FFA1FF95AD4ECFC4FD16FA27" author="Engler, H. G. A. &amp; Prantl, K. A. E." box="[378,692,1484,1510]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" pagination="321" refId="ref6974" refString="Engler, H. G. A. &amp; Prantl, K. A. E. (1893) Jurinea berardioides (Boiss.) O. Hoffm. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4 (5): 321." type="journal article" year="1893">Engler &amp; Prantl (1893: 321)</bibRefCitation>
, 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95AE8BCFC5FB68FA27" authority="Jaubert &amp; Spach (1844: 8)" authorityName="Jaubert &amp; Spach" authorityPageNumber="8" authorityYear="1844" box="[703,1226,1484,1510]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Pteropyrum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aucheri">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AE8BCFC5FC3DFA27" box="[703,927,1484,1510]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Pteropyrum aucheri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="58324B02FFA1FF95AF91CFC4FB68FA27" author="Jaubert, F. H. &amp; Spach, E." box="[933,1226,1484,1510]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" pagination="8" refId="ref7338" refString="Jaubert, F. H. &amp; Spach, E. (1844) Pteropyrum aucheri. Jaub. &amp; Spach in Ill. Pl. Orient. 2 (11): 8." type="journal article" year="1844">Jaubert &amp; Spach (1844: 8)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95A8E1CFC4FDF5F9CB" authority="(Schenk) Wight ex Hooker (1884: 324)" authorityName="Hooker" authorityPageNumber="324" authorityYear="1884" baseAuthorityName="Schenk" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Orobanchaceae" genus="Cistanche" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tubulosa">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95A8E1CFC4FA09FA27" box="[1237,1451,1484,1510]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Cistanche tubulosa</emphasis>
(Schenk) Wight ex 
<bibRefCitation id="58324B02FFA1FF95AD5ACFF8FDF5F9CB" author="Hooker, J. D." box="[366,599,1520,1546]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" pagination="324" refId="ref7259" refString="Hooker, J. D. (1884) Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook. f. The flora of British India 4 (11): 324." type="journal article" year="1884">Hooker (1884: 324)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95AE53CFF8FAACF9CB" authority="(Girard) Boissier (1848: 632)" authorityName="Boissier" authorityPageNumber="632" authorityYear="1848" baseAuthorityName="Girard" box="[615,1294,1520,1546]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Plumbaginaceae" genus="Acantholimon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lycopodioides">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95AE53CFF8FC09F9CB" box="[615,939,1520,1546]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Acantholimon lycopodioides</emphasis>
(Girard) Boissier (1848: 632)
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95A965CFF8FE47F9EF" authority="Steudel (1854: 141)" authorityName="Steudel" authorityPageNumber="141" authorityYear="1854" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Aristida" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cyanantha">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95A965CFF8FF5FF9EF" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Aristida cyanantha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="74B96578FFA1FF95ACBCCC54FD99F7E7" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="3C1C36F3FFA1FF95ACBCCC54FED7F9B7" blockId="7.[136,373,1628,1654]" box="[136,373,1628,1654]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">
<heading id="6754819FFFA1FF95ACBCCC54FED7F9B7" bold="true" box="[136,373,1628,1654]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" reason="1">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ACBCCC54FED7F9B7" bold="true" box="[136,373,1628,1654]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Conservation status</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3C1C36F3FFA1FF95ACBCCCACFD99F7E7" blockId="7.[136,1452,1700,2086]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">
<taxonomicName id="FBA34D70FFA1FF95ACBCCCACFE4BF97F" box="[136,489,1700,1726]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pseudoanisacanthus">
<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95ACBCCCACFE4BF97F" box="[136,489,1700,1726]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Astragalus pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to 
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and is currently known only from a single collection from the 
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locality. Its habitat is affected by intense anthropogenic activities like heavy grazing by livestock especially, sheep and goats. Local inhabitants uprooted the plants for consumption as firewood. Other threats include road constructions, land sliding and soil erosion due to intense floods. Given the small population size 
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<emphasis id="0ED7EAE1FFA1FF95A820CD19FAB7F8EB" box="[1044,1301,1808,1835]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">A. pseudoanisacanthus</emphasis>
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is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild and is provisionally assessed as critically endangered, CR B1ab (i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v), according to the 
<bibRefCitation id="58324B02FFA1FF95AEF0CD50FCFBF8B3" author="IUCN" box="[708,857,1880,1906]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refId="ref7291" refString="IUCN (2022) Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria. Version 15.1. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Committee. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / resources / redlistguidelines (accessed 12 September 2023)" type="url" year="2022">IUCN (2022)</bibRefCitation>
red listing system, as similar cases in different genera and families on various continents have often been attributed to the same threat category (e.g. 
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