Astragalus annularis

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. Annulares
Species: Astragalus annularis

Name

Astragalus annularis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 139 (1775)

• Typus: Alexandria, 1762, Forsskal (Holotypus: C).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Astragalus hamosus var. annularis (Forssk.) Pall., Spec. Astrag.: 103 (1882).
  • Oxytropis annularis (Forssk.) DC., Astragalogia: 93 (1802).
  • Tragacantha annularis (Forssk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 943 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Astragalus maculatus Lam., Encycl. 1: 316 (1783).
    • Typus: Afrique, Lippi (Holotypus: P-LAM).
  • Astragalus subulatus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 186 (1799), nom. illeg., non Pall.
    • Typus: [Tunisia] in arenis Cafsac, Desfontaine (P-DESF).
  • Astragalus trimorphus Viv., Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 44 (1824).
    • Typus: in littore Magnae Syrtcos (GE, destroyed).
    • Neotypus (Podlech, Sendtnera 2: 52. 1994): Libya, Sirte Exclosure, 12.2.1958, Park 266 (Holotypus: K).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Syria), Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States (Bahrain, Qatar), Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL 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.  (!1: 45)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Astragalus annularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Astragalus annularis. 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 Jan 05. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Astragalus annularis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 23 Jul 2006.