Collections of A.Politov from Middle Asia

Dates of collection: 1838 Region of collection: Middle Asia: Semipalatinsk province (Zaisan-Nor lake, valley of Irtysh river). Collector(s): Politov A. Volume of collection: 321 species Income method: Collected in field expedition funded by the Academy of Sciences. LE Section of storage: Section of Middle Asia. Stored in main funds. Notes: Collection was identified by G.P.Bongard & C.A.Meyer. (Verzeichniss der im Jahre 1838 am Saisang Nor und am Irtysch gesammelten Pflanzen, 1841). References: Lipshits S.Yu. & Vasilchenko I.T. 1968. Tsentralnyi Gerbariy SSSR: istoricheskiy ocherk [Central Herbarium of the USSR: historical abstract]. Leningrad, Nauka. Compiler & Date: Novoselova M.S. & Raenko L.M., 2004

Echinospermum cristatum Bong. (Specimen authenticum) Allium hymenorhizum Ledeb. (Representative specimen) Astragalus gebleri Bong. (Representative specimen) Dianthus campestris MB. (Representative specimen) Salsola collina Pall. (Representative specimen) Tournefortia sibirica L. (Representative specimen)