Astragalus lentiginosus

var. variabilis Barneby 1945: 123

(Variable.)

Holotype: M.E. Jones (POM No. 25684 and 25685) in 1903.

Victor (now Victorville), San Bernardino Co., CA.

Lat: 34.5358333 Long: -117.2908333

 

Other relevant types:

 Astragalus arthu-schottii Gray

(Arthur Schott, 1814-1875, naturalist with the Mexican Boundary Survey.)

Described from three co-types that are now considered to be three different taxa (also see A. l. var. borreganus and A. l. var. yuccanus).

Cotype: Fremont (NY – missing?) April 23.

On the Mojave River.

 

Cystium pardalotum Rydberg

(Leopard-spotted, of the pod.)

Holotype: Dr. A. Davidson (MIN?) May 1893.

Isotype: NY (fragments).

Mojave Desert.

 

Synonymy:

Astragalus lentiginosus var. variabilis Barneby. Barneby, R.C. 1945. Pugillus Astragalorum IV: The Section Diplocystium. Leaflets of Western Botany 4(5): 123-127.

 

Astragalus arthu-schottii Gray 1863. Gray, A.  1863.  Revision and arrangement (mainly by the fruit) of the North American species of Astragalus and Oxytropis.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  6: 209. Pro parte [in part], exclus. typ. [exclusive of the type].

Cystium arthu-schottii (Gray) Rydberg 1929. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora. New York Botanical Garden 24: 409. Pro max. parte [in most part], exclus. typ. cit. [exclusive of type cited].

 

Cystium pardalotum Rydberg 1929. Rydberg, P.A. 1929. Astragalanae in North American Flora. New York Botanical Garden 24: 415.




Recognized Names

This list represents an amalgamation of Barneby’s most recent treatments (1964 & 1989) as well as the taxa described since these works.

A. l. var. albifolius Jones 1923 A. l. var. micans Barneby 1956
A. l. var. ambiguus Barneby 1964 A. l. var. mokiacensis (Gray) Jones 1923
A. l. var. antonius Barneby 1945 A. l. var. nigricalycis Jones 1895
A. l. var. australis Barneby 1945 A. l. var. oropedii Barneby 1945
A. l. var. borreganus Jones 1898 A. l. var. palans (Jones) Jones 1898
A. l. var. chartaceus Jones 1895 A. l. var. piscinensis Barneby 1977
A. l. var. coachellae Barneby 1964 A. l. var. pohlii Welsh & Barneby 1981
A. l. var. diphysus (Gray 1849) Jones 1895 A. l.  var. salinus (Howell 1893) Barneby 1945
A. l. var. floribundus Gray 1865 A. l. var. scorpionis Jones 1923
A. l. var. fremontii (Gray) Wats. 1871 A. l. var. semotus Jeps. 1936
A. l. var. higginsii Welsh 1981 A. l. var. sesquimetralis (Rydb. 1929) Barneby 1945
A. l. var. idriensis Jones 1902 A. l. var. sierrae Jones 1923
A. l. var. ineptus (Gray 1864) Jones 1923 A. l. var. stramineus (Rydb. 1929) Barneby 1945
A. l. var. kennedyi (Rydb.) Barneby 1945 A. l. var. trumbullensis Welsh & Atwood 2001
A. l. var. kernensis (Jeps. 1925) Barneby 1945 A. l. var. variabilis Barneby 1945
A. l. var. latus (Jones 1893) Jones 1923 A. l. var. vitreus Barneby 1945
A. l. var. lentiginosus

A. l. var. wilsonii (Greene) Barneby 1945

A. l. var. maricopae Barneby 1945 A. l. var. yuccanus Jones 1898


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