Specimen from Collections of S.G.Karelin from Middle Asia

Specimen category: Isolectotype LE section of storage: Type collections of the section of Middle Asia Species name: Astragalus horizontalis Kar. et Kir. Full text of the label: Altai, [1840], Kar.[elin] et Kir.[ilow], coll. n. 1398. Collector(s): Karelin G.S. Kirilow I.P. Collecting date: [1840]. Modern country: Kazakhstan [Asia] Authority of handwriting: Shshegleev S.S.(?). Compiler's notes: This herbarium specimen was designated as lectotype of Astragalus horizontalis Kar. et Kir. by I.A.Gubanov (Herb. Moscou Univ., 1978 :85) (Gubanov I.A., Bagdasarova T.V., Balandina T.P., Nauchnoe nasledie vydajushshikhsya russkikh uchenykh floristov G.S.Karelina i I.P.Kirilowa. Moscou. 1998 : 32). This designation was confirmed later by specialists in the genus Astragalus D.Polech and A.K.Sytin (Podlech, Sytin, 1996 : 158). Compiler & date: Raenko L.M., 2004.