Astragalus
lentiginosus
var. chartaceus
Jones 1895: 673
(Papery.)
Holotype: Jones No. 5627m 
(POM)
Lat: 39.3597 Long: -111.5863
(Inferred from
placename, approximate.)
Other relevant types:
Astragalus lentiginosus var. cuspidocarpus
Jones 1895.
= A. cibarius
(Barneby 1964: 495-497).
Cystium
merrillii Rydb. 1929.
(Elmer Drew Merrill,
1876-1956.)
Holotype: Merrill & Wilcox No. 680
(NY)
Isotype: 
Leucite Hills, Sweetwater Co., WY.
Lat: 41.8218667 Long: -108.9965667
(Inferred from
placename, approximate.)
Cystium platyphyllidium Rydb. 1929.
(With flat leaflets.)
Holotype: J.B. Leiberg No. 171 (NY)
Pine Creek, Gilliam Co., OR.
Lat: 44.906 Long: -120.4456
(Inferred from
placename, approximate.)
Cystium cornutum Rydb. 1929.
(Horned, of the pod.)
Holotype: Howell (NY)
Isotype: F,
Muddy Station,
(See A.
araneosus = A. l. var. diphysus.)
Lat: 44.832667 Long: -120.485
(Inferred from
placename, approximate.)
Synonymy:
Astragalus lentiginosus var. chartaceus
Jones 1895.
Jones, M.E. 1895. Contributions
to Western Botany No. 7. Proceedings of the
Cystium merrillii Rydb. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae
in North American Flora.
Astragalus
merrillii
(Rydb.)
Tidestr. Tidestrom, I.
1937. Proceedings
of the Biological Society of
Cystium
platyphyllidium Rydb. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora.
Astragalus lentiginosus var. platyphyllidius
(Rydb.)
Peck. Peck,
M.E. 1940. Manual of the Higher Plants of
Cystium cornutum Rydb. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae
in North American Flora.
This list represents an amalgamation of Barneby’s most recent treatments (1964 &
1989) as well
as the taxa described since these works.
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