Astragalus L.
Publ. & Syn.Poir. in Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 2: 89 (1811). - Robinia jubata Pall., Nova Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. Hist. Acad. 10: 370 (1797). Described from Kultuk in the Pribaikal area (Siberia).
NotesThe group includes three morphologically distinct and parapatric species in the northern regions, all at a time treated as parts of Linnaeus' Phaca frigida: one Eurasian (with two distinct races), one Eurasian and amphi-Beringian, and one North American.
Chromosomes16 (2x). - Siberia (N, S), Asia (C), Far East (N). - Several reports.
Not included: A report of 2n = 32 (4x; Matveeva and Tikhonova in Fedorov 1969) without more information.
GeographyAsian (C) & Asian (NE): SIB.
Parent taxonFabaceae
Child taxa Astragalus aboriginorum Richardson
Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don
Astragalus alpinus L.
Astragalus americanus (Hook.) M.E. Jones
Astragalus bodinii E. Sheld.
Astragalus eucosmus B.L. Rob.
Astragalus frigidus (L.) A. Gray
Astragalus gorodkovii Jurtz.
Astragalus igoshinae Kamelin & Jurtz.
Astragalus inopinatus Boriss.
Astragalus kolymensis Jurtz.
Astragalus laxmannii Jacq.
Astragalus lepagei Hultén
Astragalus multiflorus (Pursh) A. Gray
Astragalus norvegicus Grauer
Astragalus nutzotinensis J. Rousseau
Astragalus polaris Benth. ex Hook.
Astragalus pseudadsurgens Jurtz.
Astragalus richardsonii E. Sheld.
Astragalus robbinsii (Oakes) A. Gray
Astragalus schelichovii Turcz.
Astragalus sealei Lepage
Astragalus tolmaczevii Jurtz.
Astragalus tugarinovii Basil.
Astragalus umbellatus Bunge
Astragalus vallicola Gontsch.
Astragalus williamsii Rydb.
The Astragalus norvegicus aggregate
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
Editorial Committee: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray (Museum of the North, University of Alaska), Volodya Yu. Razzhivin (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Boris A. Yurtsev [deceased] (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)