Specimen from Collections of A.I. Schrenk from Middle Asia

Specimen category: Lectotype LE section of storage: Type collections of the section of Middle Asia Species name: Saussurea blanda Schrenk. Full text of the label: Songoria, Alatau..., Saratau, 12.VII.1841, Schrenk, N 276. Collector(s): Schrenk A.I. Collecting date: 12.VII.1841. Modern country: Kazakhstan [Asia] Authority of handwriting: Schrenk A.I. Compiler's notes: In the protologue of Saussurea blanda there is indication that the plant was collected on 12.VII.1841. In LE there are 2 herbarium specimens collected by Schrenk from one place "Songorei, Alatau..., Saratau, Schrenk, N 276" with the same date of collection on the labels. Lipschitz (1979) choose as lectotype specimen with the label "Songoria, Alatau, Dshamantyk et Dshabyk", but its date of collection (13.IX.1843) differs from the one in protologue. Compiler & date: Cherneva O.V., 2004.