Taxon: Astragalus glycyphyllos L.

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 5792
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:758. 1753
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 15-feb-2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 15-feb-2006
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • liquorice milk-vetch  (Source: Mem NYBG) - English
  • sweet milk-vetch  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
  • wild liquorice  (Source: BSBI) - English
  • réglisse sauvage  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
  • Bärenschote  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
  • süßer Tragant  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
  • orozuz-falso  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
  • astrágalo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • sötvedel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control (fide Leg NEurasia)
  • Animal food: fodder (fide Dict Econ Pl)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide Leg NEurasia)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.), Turkey (n.)
    • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
    • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Gorno-Altay, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk]
    • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (n.e.)

    Europe
    • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
    • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
    • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain


References:

  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
  2. Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:1162.
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
  4. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
  5. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
  6. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 (Dict Econ Pl)
  7. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996 (Leg NEurasia)

Check other web resources for Astragalus glycyphyllos 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=5792. Accessed 11 mayo 2024.