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Taxon: Astragalus microcephalus Willd.

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 5827
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 3(2):1332. 1802
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 08-Oct-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Economic Importance:

  • Materials: gum/resin (source of a gum tragacanth)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Turkey
    • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
    • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan


References:

  1. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  2. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  3. Podlech, D. 1983. Zur Taxonomie und Nomenklatur der Tragacanthoiden Astragali. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 19:15. Note: = Astracantha microcephala (Willd.) Podlech
  4. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  5. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
  6. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Astracantha microcephala (Willd.) Podlech

Check other web resources for Astragalus microcephalus Willd. :

  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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=5827. Accessed 9 May 2024.