Picris strigosa M. Bieb.

Picris strigosa M.Bieb. EXAMINED SPECIMEN. — Uzbekistan. Karakyz, montagnes de Tchirtchik. 21.VIII.1881, G . Capus 794 (P [P03048769]). REMARK According to Guseva (1993) and Khassanov (2015), five species of Picris L. are known for all five countries of Middle Asia, in addition to Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, North Cacucasus, South Europenan Russia. Picris strigosa is distinguished from all other Middle Asian Picris species by stems covered with simple as well as forked bristles with 4 anchor-shaped hooks. It was known only from South-West KopetDag, Turkmenistan (Nikitin & Geldikhanov 1988; Guseva 1993). Therefore, the historical collection of Capus allows increasing the species diversity of Uzbekistan of one more species of Picris.Published as part of Turdiboev, Obidjon A., Rouhan, Germinal, Allamurotov, Akmal L., Madaminov, Farrukhbek M., Akbarov, Feruz I. & Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh., 2022, Contribution of French explorers to the study of Middle Asian flora: the herbarium collections by Guillaume Capus (1857 - 1931), pp. 1857-1931 in Adansonia (3) (3) 44 (22) on page 233, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a22, http://zenodo.org/record/709421