Fabaceae
Astragalus

Astragalus protractus Boriss.

First published in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 10: 45 (1947)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Iran to S. Turkmenistan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Iran, Turkmenistan

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Memariani, F. & al. (2016). Plant diversity of the Khorassam-Kopet Dagh Floristic province (Irano-Turanian region). Phytotaxa 249: 1-180.
  • Nikitin, V.V. (ed.) (1949). Flora Turkmenii 4: 1-364. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Podlech, D & Zarre, S. (2013). A taxonomic revision of the genus Astragalus L. (Leguminosae) in the Old World 2: 823-1640. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Astragalus eriocarpus.]

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Memariani, F. & al. (2016). Plant diversity of the Khorassam-Kopet Dagh Floristic province (Irano-Turanian region). Phytotaxa 249: 1-180.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0