Caragana afghanica Kitam.

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Status: Provisional
Genus: Caragana Lam.
Tribe: Galegeae
References: [1872]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K

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Geographical Distribution:

• Asia [1872]
  • Afghanistan [1872]

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Notes:

• No W. Asian material at Kew.
  
• Kitamura places C.nuristanica as a synonym of this. [1872]
  
• Rechinger (1984) does not mention C.afghanica. [1952]
  
• Rechinger (1984) makes C.nuristanica a synonym of C.gerrardiana. [1952]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:35:42