Astragalus schelichovii Turcz.
Publ. & Syn.Hook., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 323 (1862). Holotype (K): Alaska: Eschscholtz Bay, in Kotzebue's Sound, 1910, leg. Seeman.
NotesWelsh (2007) assigned the northern North American representative to the Asian Astragalus laxmannii as a variety. It is probable that he would have assigned also the two northern Asian representatives of sect. Onobrychoidei below in the same way.
Chromosomes(1) 16 (2x). - Siberia, Far East (N). - Numerous reports.
(2) 32 (4x). - Far East (West Chukotka). - Zhukova and Petrovsky (1977); Zhukova (1983, together with the diploid).
GeographyAsian (NE): SIB RFE.
Distribution N = F     D = ?     E = F     CE = r     CS = f     YK = r     Kh = r     CW = f     Tm = r     [ key ]
Parent taxonAstragalus L.
PAF ID630523
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