Taxon: Astragalus alpinus L.

Genus:

Astragalus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Subtribe:

Astragalinae

Nomen number:

5710

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:760. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

30-dic-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 30-dic-2004

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

See other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(=) Astragalus alpinus subsp. arcticus Lindm.
(=) Astragalus subpolaris Boriss. & Schischk.

Common names:

alpine milk-vetch (Source: F Utah) - English
fjällvedel (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kamchatka, Magadan]
CHINA: China [Xinjiang]

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Murmansk]
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Italy (Alps), Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (mountains), Spain (Pyrenees)

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory] Greenland (e. (introd.?)), United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [South Dakota (w.), Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon (e.), Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (n.)]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Nevada (n.e.), Utah]

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part I. The Phacoid and Homaloboid Astragali Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:105.
Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972- (Intermt F)
Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. (F Utah)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)
Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996 (Leg NEurasia)

Check other web resources for Astragalus alpinus L. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
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:
Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
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=5710. Accessed 10 mayo 2024.