Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
ASTRAGALUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 755. 1753.
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TYPE: Astragalus christianus Linnaeus Lectotypified by Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 658. 1905.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astragalus obcordatus | FLORIDA MILKVETCH | Native | ||
| Astragalus villosus | BEARDED MILKVETCH | Native |
Identification Key
1. Plant glabrate to strigose; leaflets usually cordate to broadly notched at the apex, (9-)15-27 per leaf; corolla pale pink to blue-lilac
1. Plant villous to pilose; leaflets obtuse to slightly emarginate at the apex, (3-)7-15 per leaf; corolla pale or greenish yellow
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthophaca | Acanthophaca Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 258. 1937. | TYPE: Acanthophaca leiosemia (Popov) Nevski (Astragalus leiosemius Popov) | |
| Ailoruschia | Ailoruschia Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 151. 1856. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Alopecias | Alopecias Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 143. 1856. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Ankylobus | Ankylobus Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 148. 1856. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Aragallus | Aragallus Necker ex Greene, Pittonia 3: 209. 1897. | TYPE: = Astragalus Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Astenolobium | Astenolobium Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 256. 1937. | TYPE: Astenolobium bobrovii Nevski | |
| Astragalina | Astragalina Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 516. 1899. | TYPE: = Phaca Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Astragaloides | Astragaloides Boehmer, in Ludwig, Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3. 255. 1760. | TYPE: = Phaca Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Atelophragma | Atelophragma Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 660. 1906 ("1905"). | TYPE: Atelophragma aboriginorum (J. Richardson) Rydberg (Astragalus aboriginorum J. Richardson) | |
| Aulosema | Aulosema Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 694. 1842. | TYPE: Aulosema eximium Walpers, nom. illegit. (Astragalus hypogaeus Ledebour) | |
| Batidophaca | Batidophaca Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 314. 1929. | TYPE: Batidophaca villosa (Michaux) Rydberg (Astragalus villosus Michaux) | |
| Brachyphragma | Brachyphragma Rydberg, Amer. J. Bot. 16: 204. 1929. | TYPE: Brachyphragma serenoi (Kuntze) Rydberg (Tragacantha serenoi Kuntze) | |
| Cnemidophacos | Cnemidophacos Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot Club 32: 663. 1906 ("1905"). | TYPE: Cnemidophacos flavus (Nuttall) Rydberg (Astragalus flavus Nuttall) | |
| Contortuplicata | Contortuplicata Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 378. 1787. | TYPE: Contortuplicata astragaloides Medikus, nom. illegit. (Astragalus contortiplicatus Linnaeus) | |
| Craccina | Craccina Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 144. 1856. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Cryptorrhynchus | Cryptorrhynchus Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 254. 1937. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Ctenophyllum | Ctenophyllum Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 663. 1906 ("1905"). | TYPE: Ctenophyllum pectinatum (Hooker) Rydberg (Phaca pectinata Hooker) | |
| Cystium | Cystium Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 147. 1856. | TYPE: Cystium cicer (Linnaeus) Steven (Astragalus cicer Linnaeus) | |
| Cystopora | Cystopora Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 428. 1916. | TYPE: = Phaca Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Didymopelta | Didymopelta Regel & Schmalhausen, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 578, 669. 1877. | TYPE: Didymopelta turkestanica Regel & Schmalhausen | |
| Diholcos | Diholcos Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 664. 1906 ("1905"). | TYPE: Diholcos bisulcatus (Hooker) Rydberg (Phaca bisulcata Hooker) | |
| Diplotheca | Diplotheca Hochstetter, Flora 29: 595. 1846. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Erophaca | Erophaca Boissier, Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 176. 1840. | TYPE: Erphaca baetica (Linnaeus) Boissier (Phaca baetica Linnaeus) = Phaca Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification. | |
| Euilus | Euilus Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 149. 1856. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Feidanthus | Feidanthus Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 146. 1856. | TYPE: Feidanthus striatellus (Pallas ex Marschall von Bieberstein) Steven (Astragalus striatellus Pallas ex Marschall von Bieberstein) | |
| Geoprumnon | Geoprumnon Rydberg, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 615, 1332. 1903. | TYPE: Geoprumnon crassicarpum (Nuttall) Rydberg (Astragalus crassicarpus Nuttall) | |
| Glandula | Glandula Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 374. 1787. | TYPE: Glandula leontina (Jacquin) Medikus (Astragalus leontinus Jacquin) | |
| Glaux | Glaux Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 376. 1787, non Linnaeus 1753, nec Hill 1756. | TYPE: Glaux astragaloides Medikus, nom. illegit. (Astragalus cicer Linnaeus) = Cystgium (Steven) Steven 1856. | |
| Glaux | Glaux Hill, Brit. Herbal 292. 1756, non Linnaeus 1753. | TYPE: Astragalus glaux Linnaeus | |
| Glottis | Glottis Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 377. 1787. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Gynophoraria | Gynophoraria Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 280. 1929. | TYPE: Gynophoraria falcata Rydberg | |
| Hamaria | Hamaria Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 16: 364. 1868. | TYPE: Hamaria uncinata Fourreau, nom. illegit. (Astragalus hamosus Linnaeus) = Hamosa Medikus 1787, by lectotypification. | |
| Hamosa | Hamosa Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 376. 1787. | TYPE: Hamosa astragalus Medikus (Astragalus hamosus Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54: 13. 1927. | |
| Hedyphylla | Hedyphylla Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 142. 1856. | TYPE: Hedyphylla vulgaris Steven, nom. illegit. (Astragalus glycyphyllos Linnaeus; Hedyphylla glycyphylla (Linnaeus) Rydberg) Lectotypified by Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 437. 1929. | |
| Hesperastragalus | Hesperastragalus A. Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 86. 1905. | TYPE: Hesperastragalus didymocarpus (Hooker & Arnott) A. Heller) Astragalus didymocarpus Hooker & Arnott) | |
| Hesperonix | Hesperonix Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 438. 1929. | TYPE: Hesperonix bolandri (A. Gray) Rydberg (Astragalus bolandri A. Gray) | |
| Hippomanica | Hippomanica Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili 126, 351. 1782. | TYPE: Hippomanica insana Molina | |
| Holcophacos | Holcophacos Rydberg, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 618, 1332. 1903. | TYPE: Holcophacos distortus (Torrey & A. Gray) Rydberg (Astragalus distortus Torrey & A. Gray) | |
| Homalobus | Homalobus Nuttall, in Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 350. 1838. | TYPE: Homalobus caespitosus Nuttall Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 386. 1913. | |
| Hypoglottis | Hypoglottis Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 16: 364. 1868. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Jonesiella | Jonesiella Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 661. 1906 ("1905"). | TYPE: Jonesiella asclepiadoides (M. Jones) Rydberg (Astragalus asclepiadoides M. Jones) | |
| Kentrophyta | Kentrophyta Nuttall, in Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 353. 1838. | TYPE: Kentrophyta montana Nuttall Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 387. 1913. | |
| Kirchnera | Kirchnera Opiz, Lotos 8: 65. 1858. | TYPE: Kirchnera arenaria (Linnaeus) Opiz (Astragalus arenarius Linnaeus) | |
| Lithoon | Lithoon Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 255. 1937. | TYPE: Lithoon sieversianum (Pallas) Nevski (Astragalus sieversianus Pallas) | |
| Lonchophaca | Lonchophaca Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 312. 1929. | TYPE: Lonchophaca macrocarpa (A. Gray) Rydberg (Phaca macrocarpa A. Gray) | |
| Microphacos | Microphacos Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 663. 1906 ("1905"). | TYPE: Microphacos gracilis (Nuttall) Rydberg (Astragalus gracilis Nuttall) | |
| Myctirophora | Myctirophora Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 254. 1937. | TYPE: Myctirophora dolichocarpa (Popov) Nevski (Astragalus dolichocarpa Popov) | |
| Myobroma | Myobroma Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 150. 1856. | TYPE: Myobroma utrigera (Pallas) Steven (Astragalus utriger Pallas) | |
| Oedicephalus | Oedicephalus Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 255. 1937. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Onix | Onix Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 378. 1787. | TYPE: Onix galegiformis (Linnaeus) Medikus (Astragalus galegiformis Linnaeus) | |
| Orophaca | Orophaca (Torrey & A. Gray) Britton, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 2: 306. 1897. | BASIONYM: Phaca Linnaeus, sect. Orophaca Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 342. 1838. | TYPE: Orophaca caespitosa (Nuttall) Britton (Phaca caespitosa Nuttall; Astragalus triphyllus Pursh 1814, non Pallas 1802) Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 387. 1913. |
| Oxyglottis | Oxyglottis (Bunge) Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 259. 1937. | BASIONYM: Astragalus Linnaeus, sect. Oxyglottis Bunge, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 11(16): 10. 1868. | TYPE: Non designatus. |
| Pedina | Pedina Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 144. 1856. | TYPE: Pedina aspera (Jacquin) Steven (Astragalus asper Jacquin) | |
| Phaca | Phaca Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 755. 1753. | TYPE: Phaca baetica Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 385. 1913. | |
| Phacomene | Phacomene Rydberg, Amer. J. Bot. 16: 204. 1929. | TYPE: Phacomene beckwithii (Torrey & A. Gray) Rydberg (Astragalus beckwithii Torrey & A. Gray) | |
| Phacopsis | Phacopsis Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 661. 1906 ("1905"), non Tulasne 1852. | TYPE: Phacopsis praelonga (E. Sheldon) Rydberg (Astragalus praelongus E. Sheldon; Astragalus procerus A. Gray 1878, non Boissier & Haussknecht 1872) = Rydbergiella Fedde & Sydow 1906. | |
| Philammos | Philammos Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 146. [1856. | TYPE: Philammos subulatus Steven (Astragalus subulatus Marschall von Bieberstein 1810, non Desfontaines 1799) | |
| Phyllolobium | Phyllolobium Fischer ex Sprengel, Novi Provent. 33. 1818. | TYPE: Phyllolobium chinense Fischer ex Sprengel | |
| Physondra | Physondra Rafinesque, Atl. J. 145. 1832. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Pisophaca | Pisophaca Rydberg, Amer. J. Bot. 16: 200. 1929. | TYPE: Pisophaca flexuosa (Hooker) Rydberg (Phaca flexuosa Hooker) | |
| Podochrea | Podochrea Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 16: 364. 1868. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Podolotus | Podolotus Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 198. 1835. | TYPE: Podolotus hosackioides Royle | |
| Poecilocarpus | Poecilocarpus Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 4: 258. 1937. | TYPE: Poecilocarpus ispahanicus (Boissier) Nevski (Astragalus ispahanicus Boissier) | |
| Pterophacos | Pterophacos Rydberg, Fl. Rocky Mts. 507, 1063. 1917. | TYPE: Pterophacos tetrapterus (A. Gray) Rydberg (Astragalus tetrapterus A. Gray) | |
| Rydbergiella | Rydbergiella Fedde & Sydow, in Fedde, Just's Bot. Jahresber. 33(1): 534. 1906. | TYPE: Rydbergiella praelonga (E. Sheldon) Fedde & Sydow (Astragalus praelongus E. Sheldon; Astragalus procerus A. Gray 1878, non Boissier & Haussknecht 1872) Substitute name for Phacopsis Rydberg 1906, non Tulasne 1852. | |
| Sewerzowia | Sewerzowia Regel & Schmalhausen, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 580. 1877. | TYPE: Sewerzowia turkestanica Regel & Schmalhausen | |
| Solenotus | Solenotus Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 143. 1856. | TYPE: Solenotus vesicarius (Linnaeus) Steven (Astragalus vesicarius Linnaeus) | |
| Stella | Stella Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 377. 1787. | TYPE: Stalla sesamea (Linnaeus) Medikus (Astragalus sesameus Linnaeus) | |
| Tium | Tium Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 373. 1787. | TYPE: Tium sulcatum (Linnaeus) Medikus (Astragalus sulcatus Linnaeus) | |
| Tragacantha | Tragacantha Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. | TYPE: Astragalus massiliensis Lamarck Lectotypified by Podlech, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Muenchen 19: 3. 1983. | |
| Triquetra | Triquetra Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 376. 1787. | TYPE: Triquetra boetica (Linnaeus) Medikus (Astragalus boeticus Linnaeus) | |
| Xerophysa | Xerophysa Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 150. 1856. | TYPE: Xerophysa physodes (Linnaeus) Steven (Astragalus physodes Linnaeus) | |
| Xylophacos | Xylophacos Rydberg, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 619, 1332. 1903. | TYPE: Xylophacos missouriensis (Nuttall) Rydberg (Astragalus missouriensis Nuttall) |