Taxon: Astragalus whitneyi A. Gray

Genus:

Astragalus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Subtribe:

Astragalinae

Nomen number:

411738

Place of publication:

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6:526. 1865

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

25-ago-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 28-ago-2007

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

See other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

balloon milk-vetch (Source: Intermt F) - English

Economic Importance:

Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Poison Pl Proc)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California, Nevada]

References:

Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972- (Intermt F)
Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993 (F CalifJep)
James, L. F. & S. L. Welsh 1992. Poisonous plants of North America (Poison Pl Proc) 99.

Check other web resources for Astragalus whitneyi A. Gray :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=411738. Accessed 10 mayo 2024.