Astragalus lentiginosus
var. salinus
(Howell 1893) Barneby 1945: 86
Based on:
Astragalus salinus
Howell
(Of
saline soil.)
Holotype: Howell
No. 799 (
Isotype: F, G,
ND, UC, WTU.
Saline
soils of SE. Oregon, Harney Valley, Harney Co., OR.
Lat: 43.533
Long: -118.8667
(Inferred
from placename,
approximate.)
Other
relevant types:
Cystium heliophilum Rydb.
(Sun-loving.)
Holotype: C.L. Shear No. 3430
(NY)
Lima, Beaverhead Co.,
MT.
Lat:
44.636833 Long: -112.5931667
(Inferred
from placename,
approximate.)
Cystium macrolobum Rydb. 1929.
(With
long calyx-teeth.)
Holotype: S. Watson No. 254 in part (NY) June 1868.
Isotype: 
US.
West
Humboldt Mts., Pershing Co. NV.
Lat:
40.0559 Long: -118.3649333
(Inferred
from placename,
approximate.)
Cystium vulpinum Rydb. 1929.
(Of
foxes, allusion not explained.)
Holotype: S.
Watson No. 254 in part (NY)
June 1868.
Isotype: G.
Grass
Valley, Lander Co., NV.
Lat:
39.751 Long: -116.736
(Inferred
from placename,
approximate.)
Synonymy:
Astragalus salinus Howell
1893. Howell, T. 1893. New plants of the Pacific Coast.-I. Erythea
1(5): 111.
Cytium salinum
(Howell) Rydb. Rydberg, P.A. 1917. Fl. Rocky Mts. 492, 1063.
Astragalus lentiginosus
var. salinus (Howell 1893) Barneby
1945. Barneby,
R.C. 1945. Pugillus Astragalorum
IV: The Section Diplocystium.
Leaflets of Western Botany 4(5): 86.
Cystium
heliophilum Rydb. Rydberg,
P.A. 1917. Fl. Rocky Mtns. 491, 1063.
Astragalus heliophilus (Rydb.) Tidestr. Tidestrom,
Cystium macrolobum Rydb. 1929. Rydberg,
P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora.
Astragalus lentiginosus var. macrolobum
(Rydb.) Barneby.
Barneby, R.C. 1945. Pugillus
Astragalorum IV: The Section Diplocystium.
Leaflets of Western Botany 4(5): 89-90.
Cystium vulpinum Rydb. 1929. 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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