Astragalus lentiginosus

var. borreganus Jones 1898: 3

(of Borrego Springs.)

Holotype: T.S. Brandegee (UC) April 16, 1895.

[not Orcutt, see Barneby 1964: 954].

Isotype: POM (fragments).

Borrego Springs, San Diego Co., CA.

Lat: 33.22645 Long: -116.26975

(Inferred from placename, approximate.)

Other relavent types:

Astragalus coulteri Benth. 1848

(Thomas Coulter, 1793-1843, Irish Physician and naturalist, first botanical explorer of the Colorado Desert.)

Holotype: Coulter No. 431  (K) in 1832.

Isotype:  (TCD).

Monterey [note that Coulter’s localities were not very accurate, actual location was probably near the junction of the Colorado and Gila Rivers, near present Yuma, AZ].

Astragalus arthu-schottii Gray 1863

(Arthur Schott, 1814-1875, naturalist with the Mexican Boundary Survey.)

Described from three co-types that are now considered to be three different taxa (also see A. l. var. variabilis and A. l. var. yuccanus).

Cotype: Schott in 1855 (NY, NY)

Diluvial banks of the Colorado.

Astragalus agninus Jeps. 1923

(Of lambs, or of Lamb Springs, a translationfrom the Spanish borrego.)

Holotype: Jepson No. 8883 (UC-JEPS).

Isotype: (NY, fragments).

Borrego Sprs., w. Colorado Desert.

Lat: 33.22645 Long: -116.26975

(Inferred from placename, approximate.)

Synonymy:

Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus Jones. Jones, M.E. 1898. Contributions to Western Botany No. 8: 3-4.

Astragalus coulteri Benth. Bentham, G. 1848. Plantae Hartwegianae. Reprinted with introduction and notes on publication dates by Rogers M^cVaugh. New York: Verlag Von. J. Cramer, 1970: 307.

Astragalus arthu-schottii Gray. Gray, A. 1863. Revision and arrangement (mainly by the fruit) of the North American species of Astragalus and Oxytropis. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 6: 209.

Cystium arthu-schottii (Gray) Rydberg 1929. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora. New York Botanical Garden 24: 409.

Astragalus agninus Jeps.Jepson, W.L. 1923. A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California.University of California Press, California: 577.

Cystium agninum (Jepson) Rydberg. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora. New York Botanical Garden 24: 408-9.

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Recognized Names
This list represents an amalgamation of Barneby’s most recent treatments (1964 & 1989) as well as the taxa described since these works.

A. l. var. albifolius Jones 1923	A. l. var. micans Barneby 1956
A. l. var. ambiguus Barneby 1964	A. l. var. mokiacensis (Gray) Jones 1923
A. l. var. antonius Barneby 1945	A. l. var. nigricalycis Jones 1895
A. l. var. australis Barneby 1945	A. l. var. oropedii Barneby 1945
A. l. var. borreganus Jones 1898	A. l. var. palans (Jones) Jones 1898
A. l. var. chartaceus Jones 1895	A. l. var. piscinensis Barneby 1977
A. l. var. coachellae Barneby 1964	A. l. var. pohlii Welsh & Barneby 1981
A. l. var. diphysus (Gray 1849) Jones 1895	A. l. var. salinus (Howell 1893) Barneby 1945
A. l. var. floribundus Gray 1865	A. l. var. scorpionis Jones 1923
A. l. var. fremontii (Gray) Wats. 1871	A. l. var. semotus Jeps. 1936
A. l. var. higginsii Welsh 1981	A. l. var. sesquimetralis (Rydb. 1929) Barneby 1945
A. l. var. idriensis Jones 1902	A. l. var. sierrae Jones 1923
A. l. var. ineptus (Gray 1864) Jones 1923	A. l. var. stramineus (Rydb. 1929) Barneby 1945
A. l. var. kennedyi (Rydb.) Barneby 1945	A. l. var. trumbullensis Welsh & Atwood 2001
A. l. var. kernensis (Jeps. 1925) Barneby 1945	A. l. var. variabilis Barneby 1945
A. l. var. latus (Jones 1893) Jones 1923	A. l. var. vitreus Barneby 1945
A. l. var. lentiginosus	A. l. var. wilsonii (Greene) Barneby 1945
A. l. var. maricopae Barneby 1945	A. l. var. yuccanus Jones 1898

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