Taxon: Astragalus cicer L.

Genus:

Astragalus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Subtribe:

Astragalinae

Nomen number:

5753

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:757. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

28-oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 19-abr-2000

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Astragalus mucronatus DC.

Common names:

chickpea milk-vetch (Source: F Utah) - English
cicer milk-vetch (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
astragale pois-chiche (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
Kichertragant (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
garbanzo (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
garbanzo silvestre (Source: F Int Apico) - Spanish
kikvedel (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Bee plants: honey production (fide Leg NEurasia)
Environmental: erosion control (fide Leg ErWild; F Utah ed2; Leg NEurasia)
Animal food: forage (grazing fide Leg WorldEc)
Medicines: folklore (fide Leg NEurasia)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (e.)
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Kurgan, Sverdlovsk]

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Italy (n.), Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain (n. & e.)

Naturalized

(natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981 (Leg WorldEc)
Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941 (Leg ErWild)
Ortega-Sada, J. L. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. (F Int Apico)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
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)
Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996 (Leg NEurasia)

Check other web resources for Astragalus cicer L. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
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=5753. Accessed 11 mayo 2024.