The KGB Androsaces

Numbers & Field Notes

The androsaces collected by the Kunming Gothenburg Botanic Expedition (KGB) in Yunnan during 1993.

Androsace bulleyana KGB 267

Tang Dun, N of Zhongdian. 3120m. Relatively dry, calcareous gravel in degraded Pinus/Quercus forest.

Androsace aff. delavayi KGB 223 (RBGE grow this as A. yargongensis)

Da Xue Shan. 4400m. Stable, moist calcareous scree, type 1 (dry ground).

Androsace aff. delavayi KGB 328

Mai Li, a few km NE of Shu La. 4400m. Schistaceous rock.

Androsace aff. delavayi KGB 350

Mai Li, Shu La. 4550m. Stabilized calcareous screes & rock ledges.

Androsace aff. delavayi KGB 450 (Almost certainly A. yargongensis)

Beima Shan. 4600m. Calcareous scree.

Androsace aff. delavayi KGB 523

Xi Shan, W of Dêqên. 4300m. Calcareous rocks.

Androsace delavayi KGB 278

Beima Shan, just S of the southernmost pass. 4200m. Open gravelly, schistaceous ground near the road.

Androsace limprichtii KGB 200

The valley of Wang Shui. 3050m. Schistaceous rocks.

Androsace aff. mollis KGB 823

Tali Cang Shan, below Long Quan Peak, E side. 4000m. Dry, grassy ground.

Androsace rigida KGB 66

Mountain above Napa Hai. 3600m. Degraded Pinus densata forest w. bamboo.

Androsace rigida KGB 168

Xiao Xue Shan, just below (N of) the N pass. 3850m. Mossy Abies/Betula forest.

Androsace rigida v. minor KGB 826

Tali Cang Shan, below Long Quan Peak, E side. 3900m. Rhododendron thickets.

Androsace spinulifera KGB 46

Mountain above Napa Hai. 3900m. Open grassy patches among thickets of dwarf Rhododendron & Salix.

Androsace tapete KGB 229

Da Xue Shan. 4550m. Moist calcareous scree.

Androsace wardii KGB 378

Mai Li, a few km NE of Shu La. 4100m. Dry limestone rocks.

Androsace wardii KGB 392

Mai Li, a few km NE of Shu La. 4440m. Calcareous rocks.

Androsace ? KGB 711B

Beima Shan, the southern part, 35 km from Benzilan. 4050m. Rock crevices.

Androsace ? KGB 797

Tali Cang Shan, E side. 3300m. Thickets with Lithocarpus, bamboo etc.