Dictyolimon gilesii

Dictyolimon gilesii (Hemsl.) Dictyolimon gilesii (Hemsl.) Rech. f., Flora Iranica 108: 22. 1974 (Figs. 3–4) ≡ Statice gilesii Hemsl., Hooker's Icones Plantarum. 18: tab. 1737. 1888 HOLOTYPE: Hab. Shoghot, at 1828 to 2133 m elev., south of Hindu Kush; Gilgit Expendition, Dr. Giles. (K [digital image!]). Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KSU-ERCP- 2025-3329; occurrenceRemarks: Herbarium of Kashi University; recordedBy: Yuejuan Zhang; Kai Zhang; Mierkamili Maimaiti; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region; county: Kashi Prefecture, Tashekuergan Tajik Autonomous County; municipality: Kekexiluge Township; verbatimElevation: 2472 m; verbatimLatitude: 37°50′14.04″N; verbatimLongitude: 75°42′22.18″E; Event: verbatimEventDate: 26 July 2025 Description Perennial herb, ca. 25 cm tall, glabrous, glaucous, minutely lepidote. Tap-rooted. Leaves densely rosulate, thick, coriaceous, obovate or spatulate, ca. 2.5–6.3 cm long, apex aculeate-mucronate. Scape solitary, flexuous, usually simple, sometimes with 2–3 short lateral branchlets, with flowers at or below the middle. Spikelets loosely subdistichously arranged along the branches, forming long interrupted spicate clusters. Spikelets 3–10 - flowered (usually 5–6 - flowered), sessile. Bracts and bracteoles similar, broad and short, almost entirely scarious-hyaline; outer bract shorter. Calyx shortly 10 - lobed, tube strongly 10 - ribbed, pubescent. Petals 5, bifid. Corolla persistent after anthesis. Stamens 5 opposite the corolla lobes. Filaments linear, widened in the lower part. Ovary glabrous. Styles free from the base, stigmas oblique-capitate. Pericarp dry, membranous, 5 – striate, apex easily deciduous. One seed in each calyx tube, seed coat dark brown to black, longitudinally rugose-sulcate (Figs 3, 4). Distribution Dictyolimon gilesii is previously known only from Pakistan (Hooker 1888) and Afghanistan (https://records.data.kew.org/occurrences/8a8ba91b-429b-4b84-8d10-069781faaa12?lang=zh-CN). In China, this species is known only from the eastern Pamir Plateau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.