Astragalus emoryanus information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Astragalus emoryanus (Rydb.) Cory

Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Galegeae subtribe: Astragalinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 404215
Place of publication: Rhodora 38:406. 1936
Name verified on: 18-Jan-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

Emory's milk-vetch (Source: Mem NYBG 13:1038.) – English

Economic importance:

Vertebrate poisons: birds (fide Amer J Vet Res 40:403-406. 1979)
Vertebrate poisons: mammals (to livestock fide Kingsbury)

More:

View toxicology references for Astragalus emoryanus from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s. & c.], Texas
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n.w.], Utah [Kane Co.]
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua [n.], Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas [n.]

References:

Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:1036.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. (Kingsbury) [poisonous].
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
Williams, M. C. et al. 1979. Emory milkvetch (Astragalus emoryanus var. emoryanus) poisoning in chicks, sheep, and cattle. Amer. J. Veterin. Res. 40(3):403–406.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Astragalus emoryanus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Astragalus emoryanus.

Synonyms:

Astragalus terlinguensis Cory [≡ Astragalus emoryanus var. terlinguensis]
Hamosa emoryana Rydb. [≡ Astragalus emoryanus var. emoryanus]

Check other databases for Astragalus emoryanus (Rydb.) Cory:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
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.

Check other databases for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404215 (02 September 2010)

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