Astragalus lentiginosus
var. fremontii (Gray
1857) Watson 1871: 66
Based on:
Astragalus fremontii Gray
1856.
(John Charles
Fremont,
1813-1890, the Pathfinder, explorer of the West, U.S. General, and presidential
aspirant.)
Holotype: Frémont
No. 424 (G)
Isotype: NY.
Banks of the Rio
Virgin
[sic.].
Dr.
Stanley L. Welsh (Brigham Young) has annotated the specimen indicating
that “on
Lat: 36.175 Long: -115.136
(Inferred
from placename, approximate.)
Other relevant
types:
Astragalus eremicus Sheld. 1893.
(desolate,
from the desert habitat)
Holotype: Coville
No. 888 
(US)
“on
the mesa back of the cemetery” (Coville p.
253) near
Lone Pine, Inyo Co. CA.
Lat: 36.606 Long: -118.088
(Inferred
from placename, approximate.)
Cystium griseolum Rydberg.
(Grayish)
Holotype: Shockley No. 220 (G) May 1882.
Isotype: (ND).
Cotype: Schockley
No. 271 (G).
Candelaria, Mineral Co., NV.
Lat: 38.15903333 Long: -118.0891833
(Inferred
from placename, approximate.)
Synonymy:
Astragalus fremontii Gray. Gray,
A. 1856. In:
J. Torrey.
Pacific Railroad Reports, Report on the Botany of the Expedition.
Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii (Gray)
Watson. Watson, S. 1871.
Astragalus coulteri
var. fremontii (Gray) Jones. Jones,
M.E. 1895. Contributions to Western Botany No. 7.
Proceedings of the
Astragalus lentiginosus var. coulteri Jones. Jones, M.E. 1923. Revision of North-American Species of Astragalus. 127.
Astragalus coulteri. Jepson, W.L. 1923. A
Manual of the Flowering Plants of California.University
of California California
Cystium
fremontii (Gray)
Rydberg. Rydberg, P.A.
1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora.
Astragalus eremicus Sheld. Sheldon, E.P. 1893. In: F.V. Coville.
Botany of the
Cystium eremicum
(Sheldon) Rydberg. Rydberg, P.A.
1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora.
Astragalus fremontii subsp. eremicus
(Sheld.) Abrams. Abrams,
L. 1944. An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States:
Cystium griseolum Rydberg. Rydberg, P.A.
1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora.
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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