Collections of S.G.Karelin from Middle Asia

Dates of collection:

1832, 1834, 1836, 1840-1841, 1842-1844

Region of collection:

Middle Asia: Kazakhstan (Semipalatinsk - Ayauz - Tarbagatay, Semipalatinsk - Bukhtarma - Narymskiy range - Sary-Tau mountains - Marka-Kul lake - Ust-Kamenogorsk - Ridderskiy & Kryukovskiy mineries - Semi-Tau mountains, Chingiz-Tau, Arkat - Semipalatinsk - Dzhungarskiy Alatau - headstreams of Lepsa, Sarkan, Baksan & Aksu rivers, Kaydakskiy bay of Kaspian sea, east coast of Kaspian sea (Turkmeniya, Bolshie Balkhany, Cheleken & Ogurchinskiy islands), norh-east coast of Kaspian sea; Northern Iran.

Collector(s):

Karelin G.S., Kirilow I.P.

Volume of collection:

More than 2865 species.

Income date to LE:

1834-1844

Income method:

Collected in expeditions. Expeditions of 1840-1841 were funded by the [MOIP] Expeditions of 1842-1844 were self funded by G.S. Karelin.

LE Section of storage:

Section of Middle Asia. Stored in main funds.

Notes:

Collections of 1832, 1834 & 1836 were identified by G.S.Karelin. Checklist was published in "Enumeratio plantarum, quas in Turcomania et Persia boreali legit G.Karelin" (1839).

Collections of 1840-1841 Were identified by G.S.Karelin & I.P.Kirilow. Checklists were published in "Enumeratio plantarum anno 1840 in regionibus Altaicis et confinibus collectarum" (1841) and "Enumeratio plantarum in desertis Songoriae orientalis et in jugo summarum Alpium Alatau anno 1841 collectarum" (1842).

Collections of 1842-1844 were identified by S.S.Shchegleev. Checklist was published in 1854.

References:

Russkie botaniki: biografo-bibliograficheskiy slovar. Vol. 4. Moscow: 1952. 644 p.

Compiler & Date:

Novoselova M.S. & Raenko L.M., 2004

Geranium collinum Steph. ex Willd. var. eglandulosum Ledeb.

(Lectotype)

Geranium saxatile Kar. et Kir.

(Lectotype)

Geranium transversale (Kar. et Kir.) Vved.

(Lectotype)

Astragalus hemiphaca Kar. et Kir.

(Isolectotype)

Astragalus horizontalis Kar. et Kir.

(Isolectotype)

Astragalus intermedius Kar. et Kir.

(Isolectotype)

Saussurea amoena Kar. et Kir.

(Isolectotype)

Saussurea fruticulosa Kar. et Kir.

(Isolectotype)

Astragalus arbuscula Pall.

(Isotype)

Allium hymenorhizum Ledeb.

(Representative specimen)

Allium hymenorhizum Ledeb.

(Representative specimen)

Allium schoenoprasum L.

(Representative specimen)

Astragalus filicaulis Fisch. et Mey.

(Representative specimen)

Bromus patulus Mert. et Koch.

(Representative specimen)

Dianthus campestris MB.

(Representative specimen)

Dianthus crinitus Sm.

(Representative specimen)

Euphorbia lucida Waldst.

(Representative specimen)

Linum altaicum Fisch.

(Representative specimen)

Melilotus polonicus (L.) Desr.

(Representative specimen)

Phleum phleoides (L.) Simk.

(Representative specimen)

Poa altaica Trin.

(Representative specimen)

Poa nemoralis L.

(Representative specimen)

Polygonum arenarium Waldst. ex Kit.

(Representative specimen)

Salsola collina Pall.

(Representative specimen)

Salsola dendroides Pall.

(Representative specimen)

Taraxacum stenolobum Sczegl.

(Representative specimen)