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Taxon: Astragalus tetrapterus A. Gray

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 404222
Place of publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 13:369. 1878
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 18-Jan-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • four-wing milk-vetch  (Source: Intermt F) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals (to livestock fide Mem NYBG 13:794. 1964; Kingsbury)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho (s.w.), Oregon (s.e.)]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (n.w.), Nevada (e.), Utah (s.w.)]


References:

  1. Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:792.
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  3. Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
  4. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.

Check other web resources for Astragalus tetrapterus A. Gray :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=404222. Accessed 9 May 2024.