Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 73. (Budapest 1981)

Szujkó-Lacza, J.: Revision of three Astragalus taxa (Leguminosae) and their cenological relations

Table 1. Similarities and dissimilarities among the three taxon qualitatively (Sign of the taxon: Astragalus exscapus = a; A. e. var. caulifera = b; A. dasyanthus = c) Characters Species: a, b, c, a, b, a. c, j ! b, c, a b c Perennial with taproot + Caudex ramified + Steam erect + Steam decumbent + Node stipulaceous + Leaf petiolate, imparipinnate + Lamina is more wide in the middle of leaf blade or above + Lamina is more wide under the middle of leaf blade + Pedicel of inflorescence shorten from the fisrt to the apical one + Pedicel of inflorescence differ in length irregularly + Pedicel absent + Flowers crowded into head + Flowers arranged in loose head + Flower pedicellate + Pedicel of flower immesurable + Bract surface hairy + Base of flower bract breit, leaflike + Base of flower bract narrow, stipule-like + Calix bilaterally symmetric + Corolla markedly bilaterally, symmetr. papillionaceous + Standard or banner hairy + Standard or banner naked + Flowers egg-yellow in colour + Legume short, thick, semi-bilocular in double rows of seeds in it + Colour of seeds Pl3, G-ll Pl4, A-12 Pl3, G-10 Pl4> G-ll P55, J-12 Pl4, A-12 Table 2. The arithmetic means of characters with P = 95% confidence intervals A. exscapus A. e. var. caulifer A. dasyanthus Char. 1 0.53 + 0,07 0.58 + 0,10 0.35 + 0.05 Char. 2 0.30 + 0.02 0.25 + 0.02 0.27 + 0.04 Char. 3 0.70 + 0.06 0.66 + 0.03 0.70+0.06 Char. 4 1.16 + 0.20 1.68 + 0.57 1.75 + 0.35