Sphaerophysa salsula (Pall.) DC.

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RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Plants of The People’s Republic of China
Fabaceae
Astragalus contortuplicatus L.
XINJIANG UYGUR ZIZHIQU: South margin of the Tien
Shan, north margin of the Tarim Basin. Flood plain of the Tarim
river approx. 40 km southeast of Xayar. Dried mud flat.
DNA sample voucher.
Altitude: 975 meters. Coordinates: ± 41°02'N, 82°50’E.
Aaron Liston 816-1	10	June	1989
with Li Bosheng, Kong Lingshao, Loren Rieseberg, Guo Ke
James Morefield, and Anver Sadir.
First cooperative Sino-American expedition to the People's Republic of China,
sponsored by the Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei-
jing, and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
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