Astragalus lentiginosus
var. diphysus (Gray)
Jones 1895
Based on:
Astragalus diphysus Gray
(Double-bladdered, of the
swollen, bilocular pod.)
Holotype: August Fendler
No. 146 (GH) 1847.
Isotype:
BM, F, GH, 
K, 
K, 
K, MO (2 sheets), NY, NY, P.
Around
Lat: 35.68616667 Long: -105.938
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Other relevant types:
Astragalus diphysus var. albiflorus Gray.
(White-flowered.)
Holotype: August Fendler
No. 147 (MO)
Isotype:
GH (received after Gray’s death, see Barneby
1964:
940), 
K.
On light sandy soil
on the plains about
Lat: 35.68616667 Long: -105.938
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Astragalus macdougali Sheld.
(Daniel Trembly
MacDougal, 1865-1958, from 1905 to 1928 director of botanical research
for the
Carnegie Institution.)
Holotype: D.T. MacDougal (MIN) June, 1891.
Isotype: 
US.
Near the top of Walnut canon [sic.],
near
Not Rusby
570 (Barneby 1964: 940).
Lat: 35.19806667 Long: -111.65115
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Astragalus araneosus Sheld.
(Cobwebby, in
allusion to the filaments within the
pod.)
Cotype:
M.E. Jones 1807 (MIN)
Isocotype: F, GH, NY, NY, 
POM, 
POM,
Collected near
Lat: 38.45635 Long: -113.25885
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Cotype:
T. Howell (NY)
Isocotype: F,
Muddy Station,
(See Cystium cornutum = A.l. var. chartaceus.)
Lat: 44.832667 Long: -120.485
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Lectotype: M.E. Jones 1807 (MIN)
Isolectotype: F, GH, NY, NY,
Collected near
Lat: 38.45635 Long: -113.25885
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Astragalus lentiginosus
var. wahweapensis
Welsh.
Type: Welsh 12426 (BRY).
Four Mile Bench,
Lat: 37.341 Long: -111.697
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Synonymy:
Astragalus diphysus Gray. Gray, A. 1849. Pl. Fendler.
Mem.
Amer. Acad. II,
Tragacantha diphysa (Gray) Kze. Kze.,
O. 1891. Rev.
Gen. 944.
Cystium
diphysum (Gray) Rydb. Rydberg,
P.A. 1905. Astragalus and its segregates
as
represented in
Astragalus lentiginosus
var. diphysus
(Gray) Jones. Jones,
M.E. 1895. Contributions to Western Botany No. 7.
Proceedings of the
Astragalus diphysus var. albiflorus (Gray)
Schoener. Schoener,
C.S. 1974. Notes
on three varieties of Astragalus lentiginosus
(Leguminosae).
Astragalus diphysus var. albiflorus Gray. Gray, A. 1849. Pl. Fendler.
Mem.
Amer. Acad. II,
Astragalus macdougali Sheld.
Sheldon, E.P. 1894. A preliminary list of the
North American
species of Astragalus.
Astragalus lentiginosus
var. macdougali
(Sheld.) Jones. Jones, M.E. 1895. Contributions
to Western Botany No. 7. Proceedings of the
Cystium macdougali
(Sheld.) Rydb. Rydberg,
P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora.
Astragalus araneosus Sheld. Sheldon, E.P. 1894. A
preliminary list of the North American species of Astragalus.
A.
palans var. araneosus (Sheld.)
Jones. Jones, M.E. 1895. Contributions
to Western Botany
No. 7. Proceedings of the
Cystium araneosum (Sheld.) Rydb. Rydberg, P.A. 1913. Studies
on the Rocky
Mountain Flora 28. Bulletin of the Torrey
Botanical Club 40: 50.
Astragalus lentiginosus var. araneosus (Sheld.) Barneby. Barneby,
R.C. 1945. Pugillus Astragalorum
IV: The
Section Diplocystium. Leaflets of Western
Botany
4(5): 112, pl. III, figs 11-14.
Astragalus lentiginosus var. wahweapensis
Welsh. Welsh, S.
1978.
Recognized Names
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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