A new species of Bupleurum (Umbelliferae) from Badakhshan, with notes on and a key to the alpine species of High Asia Author Pimenov, Michael G. Author Kljuykov, Eugene V. text Phytotaxa 2015 2015-09-16 226 3 245 252 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.226.3.4 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.226.3.4 1179-3163 13631807 1. Bupleurum aitchisonii (Boiss. 1888: 252) H. Wolff (1910:142) . Basionym : Bupleurum olympicum Boiss. (1844: 149) var. aitchisonii Boiss. (1888: 252) . Type :— AFGHANISTAN . Kurram valley , Afghanistan. Amongst stones at 12000 to 14000 feet , Sikaram , August 1878 , Aitchison 929 ( lectotype G-BOIS!; designated by Pimenov & Jacquemoud (2015) ; isolectotypes BM !, C !, DD !, GH !, K !, LE !) . Syn.: Bupleurum aitchisonii (Boiss. 1888: 252) H. Wolff (1910:142) var. abbreviatum H. Wolff (1910: 143) . Type :— AFGHANISTAN . Afghanistan: auf Alpen des Kuram-Thales, Aitchison 929 (not traced). Procumbent, glabrous herbs; main stem abbreviate, branched from the base; leaves basal and cauline, linear, upper linear to lanceolate, amplexicaul; bracts 1–3, lanceolate to oval; rays 2–4, up to 1 cm long; bracteoles 5, linear; petals yellow with broad resin canal; stylopods brown; fruits 2–4 mm long, 1.5 mm broad; vallecular vittae 3–5 per furrow, commissural 4–6. Distribution:— India (W Himalaya: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh , Uttaranchal), Pakistan , Tajikistan , Afghanistan (NE; E). Notes :—The majority of gatherings, labeled as B. aitchisonii from Tajikistan , belong to the new species, B. pamiricum , which is described in this article. The distribution of B. aitchisonii in Tajikistan is confirmed, however, by a specimen from Khorog herbarium ( Tajikistan , Gorno-Badakhshan , Barvoz village, Shakhdara ridge, stony slope of NE exposition, alt. = 3800 m , 15 August 1974 . Zaprjagaev & Dengubenko 556 , KHOR!). 2. Bupleurum condensatum Shan Renhwa & Li Yin (1974: 279, tab. 56, fig. 1–9). Type:— CHINA . Qinghai : Gonghe Xian, Deheba, Yao ZhongWu 875 ( holotype NAS). Low, slender herbs; stems numerous; all or the majority of leaves in basal rosette; leaf laminas narrowly lanceolate; bracts 5–6, linear; rays 4–7, 3–6 cm long, unequal; bracteoles 5, lanceolate; petals yellow to yellow-green; stylopods yellow or purplish; fruits 1.8–3.2 mm long, 1.8–2 mm broad; vallecular vittae solitary, commissural 2. Distribution:— China ( Tibet : Qinghai ).