Taxon: Astragalus brachycalyx Fisch.

Genus:

Astragalus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Subtribe:

Astragalinae

Nomen number:

433295

Place of publication:

C. G. T. Kotschy (ed. Hohen.), Pl. Aleppo, exs. 363. 1843

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

08-ago-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 08-ago-2003

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Astracantha adscendens (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Podlech
(=) Astragalus adscendens Boiss. & Hausskn.

Common names:

manna (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
Persian manna (Source: Dict Rehm) - English

Economic Importance:

Human food: gum/mucilage (source of a gum of tragacanth used to make confection fide Dict Econ Pl, as A. adscendens; F Iraq, as A. adscendens)
Medicines: folklore (fide Ill Chin Mat Med, as A. adscendens)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Iran (w.), Iraq (n.e.), Turkey (s.e.?)

Reference:

Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

Check other web resources for Astragalus brachycalyx Fisch. :

ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
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=433295. Accessed 10 mayo 2024.