Astragalus alpinus

Astragalus alpinus

Astragalus alpinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Galegeae
Genus: Astragalus
Sectio: Astragalus sect. Komaroviella
Species: Astragalus alpinus
Subspecies: A. a. subsp. alpinus – A. a. subsp. brunetianus

Name

Astragalus alpinus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 760 (1753).

Lectotypus (Iconotype) (Podlech in Turland & Jarvis 1997): "Astragalus alpinus, foliis viciae ramosus & procumbens flore glomerato, oblongo, albo coeruleo" in Scheuchzer, Uresif. Helv.: f. 7 (inter pp. 508 & 509). 1723.
- Epitypus (Podlech, l.c.): Switzerland, in pascuis graminosis montis „Joch-Alpe“ prope Churwalden, Jul. 1863, Brugger (Epitypus: BM ).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Phaca minima All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 338 (1785).
- Phaca astragalina DC., Astragal.: 64 (1802).
- Tragacantha alpina (L.) Kunth, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 942 (1891).
- Astragalus astragalinus E.Sheld., Minnes. Bot. Stud. 1: 154 (1894), nom. illeg.
- Astragalus alpestris Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 516 (1899), nom. illeg..
- Astragalina alpina (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 516 (1899).
- Astragalus phacinus E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 9: 66 (1901).
- Astragaloides alpina (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 373 (1787).
- Atelophragma alpinum (L.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 130 (1928).
- Phaca alpina (L.) Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 371 (1906).
- Tium alpinum (L.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 659 (1905).

Homonyms

Astragalus alpinus (L.) E.H.L.Krause = Astragalus penduliflorus Lam.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia), Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - North European Russia (Karelia, Arkhangelsk, Komi), Northwest European Russia (St. Petersburg).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus (Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetiya, Kabardino-Balkariya, Karacheyevo-Cherkessiya, Krasnodar, Severo-Osetiya, Stavropol), Transcaucasus (Armenia, Nakhichevan)
- Regional: China
  - Xinjiang
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 760. Reference page.

Additional references

Podlech, D. & Zarre, S. 2013. A taxonomic revision of the genus Astragalus L. (Leguminosae) in the Old World. Volumes 1–3. 2439 pp. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. ISBN 978-3-902421-76-0 Reference page. (!2: 907)

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Astragalus alpinus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Astragalus alpinus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 06 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Astragalus alpinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Dec 2020.
Hassler, M. 2020. Astragalus alpinus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 06. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Astragalus alpinus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alpen-Tragant
English: Alpine Milkvetch
suomi: Tunturikurjenherne
hornjoserbsce: Alpski kozync

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