Astragalus lentiginosus
var. scorpionis Jones 1923.
(Of the
scorpion, the pod likened to the talon-shaped, terminal segment of the
tail.)
Holotype: Purpus
No. 6365 
(POM).
Isotype: .
Morey Peak, NV.
Lat: 38.627033 Long: -116.2875167
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Paratypes: Brandegee
in 1883 & McBride No. 896 = A. l. var. lentiginosus (Barneby
1964: 919).
Other relevant types:
Astragalus lentiginosus
var. tremuletorum Barneby 1945
Holotype: P.A. Munz
No. 16324 
(POM)
Isotype:
Meadow, 8500 ft.,
upper Lamoille Canyon, Elko Co.,
NV.
Lat: 40.660667 Long: -115.44033
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Astragalus lentiginosus
var. toyabensis Barneby
1945.
Holotype: Watson 253 (GH).
Isotype:
NY, US.
Toyabe
[Toiyabe] Mts., Lander
Lat: 38.9254 Long: -117.3168333
(Inferred from placename,
approximate.)
Synonymy:
Astragalus lentiginosus
var. scorpionis
Jones.
Jones,
M. E. 1923. Revision
of North-American Species of Astragalus.
Cystium scorpionis (Jones) Rydb. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North
American Flora.
Astragalus
lentiginosus var. tremuletorum
Barneby.
Barneby, R.C. 1945. Pugillus Astragalorum
IV: The
Section Diplocystium. Leaflets of Western
Botany
4(5): 85, Pl. I, figs. 13-17.
Astragalus
lentiginosus var. toyabensis Barneby. Barneby, R.C. 1945. Pugillus
Astragalorum IV: The Section Diplocystium.
Leaflets of Western Botany 4(5): 106.
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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