PAF: Astragalus multiflorus (Pursh) A. Gray

	Astragalus multiflorus (Pursh) A. Gray
Publ. & Syn.	Rydb., Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 175 (1901). Holotype (NY): Canada: the Yukon Territory, the Big Salmon River, 22. Aug. 1899, leg. Williams.
Notes	Astragalus multiflorus borders or reaches the Arctic on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay (Welsh 2007: map 46). For the invalidity of Astragalus tenellus Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 473 (1813) and the illegitimacy of A. tenellus Pursh ex E. Sheld. (1894), see Reveal and Gandhi (2004).
Chromosomes	(1) 16 (2x, x = 8). - Welsh (2007, secondary report). (2) 24 (3x, x = 8?, or 4x, x = 6?). - Welsh (2007, secondary report).
Geography	North American: (CAN).
Distribution	N = F E = b HL = b [ key ]
Parent taxon	Astragalus L.
PAF ID	630518

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