Contribution of French explorers to the study of Middle Asian flora: the herbarium collections by Guillaume Capus (1857 - 1931) Author Turdiboev, Obidjon A. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laboratory of the flora of Uzbekistan, Durmon Yuli str., 32, Tashkent, 100125 (Uzbekistan) turdiboyev.obidjon@mail.ru Author Rouhan, Germinal Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université des Antilles, CNRS, case postale 39, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) rouhan@mnhn.fr Author Allamurotov, Akmal L. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laboratory of the Flora of Uzbekistan. Durmon Yuli str., 32, Tashkent, 100125 (Uzbekistan) allamurotov0225@mail.ru Author Madaminov, Farrukhbek M. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laboratory of the Flora of Uzbekistan. Durmon Yuli str., 32, Tashkent, 100125 (Uzbekistan) farrux_botanik.1993@mail.ru Author Akbarov, Feruz I. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laboratory of the Flora of Uzbekistan. Durmon Yuli str., 32, Tashkent, 100125 (Uzbekistan) feruz.akbar@mail.ru Author Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laboratory of the Flora of Uzbekistan. Durmon Yuli str., 32, Tashkent, 100125 (Uzbekistan) ktojibaev@mail.ru text Adansonia 2022 3 2022-09-19 44 22 1857 1931 journal article 54740 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a22 bf81983a-101e-4e6b-af21-ef6a9359f7f0 1639-4798 7094212 Pedicularis pycnantha Boiss. EXAMINED SPECIMEN. — Tajikistan . Gorge deTchoukalik , 16.VI.1881 , G . Capus 1011 ( P [ P02977086 !]). — Kohistan , Passe de Mourra , 1.VII.1881 , G . Capus 1012 ( P [ P02977087 ]) . REMARK In Middle Asia, the species was known only from the juniper forests of the Middle Kopet-Dag, Turkmenistan ( Li 1987 ; Nikitin & Geldikhanov 1988 ). Among Middle Asian species of Pedicularis , P. pycnantha is similar to P. kuljabensis Ivanina – high-mountain endemic of the Pamir-Alay and to the most widespread P. olgae Regel occurring in Pamir-Alay and Tien-Shan mountains ( Li 1987 ).