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Taxon: Astragalus alpinus L.

Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Galegeae subtribe: Astragalinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 5710
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:760. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 30-Dec-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 30-Dec-2004
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 10 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • alpine milk-vetch   (Source: F Utah ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
    Mongolia: Mongolia
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Russian Federation - Murmansk
    Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Italy [Alps]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [mountains]; Spain [Pyrenees]
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; Greenland [e. (introd.?)]; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - South Dakota [w.], Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon [e.], Washington, Wyoming
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.]
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Nevada [n.e.], Utah

References:

  • Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part I. The Phacoid and Homaloboid Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:105.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Turland, N. J. & C. E. Jarvis. 1997. Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Taxon 46:463. [lectotypify].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. (F Utah)
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
  • Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. (Leg NEurasia)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Astragalus alpinus L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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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Cite as:
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?5710 (09 February 2010)

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