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 Gentianella umbellata (M.Bieb.) Holub EXAMINED SPECIMEN. — Uzbekıstan . Kizil-Kouisch , vallée de l’Ona Oulgane dans les monts Tchirtchik . 21.VIII.1881 , G . Capus 895 ( P [ P00479490 ]) . REMARK Closely allied to the other Middle Asian species G. turkestanorum (Gand.) Holub. , it grows in Turkey , Caucasus, Afghanistan , Pakistan to Mongolia and up to Qinghai ( China ). Gentianella umbellat a is distinguished by the small corolla ( 8-10 mm long versus 10-13(19) mm in G. turkestanorum ) and straight calyx teeth (versus curved and hook-shaped at the apex in G. turkestanorum ). A single gathering kept in the P herbarium and collected by Capus in current Uzbekistan was identified as G. umbellata .