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Astragalus
''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milkvetch (most species), locoweed (in North America, some species) and goat's-thorn ( ''A. gummifer'', ''A. tragacantha''). Some pale-flowered vetches (''Vicia'' spp.) are similar in appearance, but they are more vine-like than ''Astragalus''. Description Most species in the genus have pinnately compound leaves. There are annual and perennial species. The flowers are formed in clusters in a raceme, each flower typical of the legume family, with three types of petals: banner, wings, and keel. The calyx is tubular or bell-shaped. Ecology ''Astragalus'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including many case-bearing moths of the genus ''Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Astragalus Species
This is a list of ''Astragalus'' species, including infraspecific taxa. They are listed according to subgenera (for Old World species) or informal groups called phalanxes (for North American species). Subgenera and phalanxes are further subdivided into sections. Phylogenetic analyses have determined that many of these subgenera, phalanxes, and sections are not monophyly, monophyletic. Old World ''Astragalus'' Subgenus ''Calycocystis'' Bge. Section ''Asciocalyx'' *''Astragalus asciocalyx'' Bunge Section ''Chaetodon'' Bge. Section ''Cysticalyx'' Bge. *''Astragalus cysticalyx'' Ledeb. Section ''Cystodes'' Bge. Section ''Eustales'' Bge. Section ''Hysophilus'' Bge. Section ''Laguropsis'' Bge. *''Astragalus subsecundus'' Boiss. Section ''Macrocystodes'' M. Pop. *''Astragalus pseudorhacodes'' Contsch. Section ''Macrocystis'' M. Pop. Subgenus ''Calycophysa'' Bge. Section ''Acidodes'' *''Astragalus macrosemius'' Boiss. & Hohen. *''Astragalus sahendi'' Buhse Section ''Alopeci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Hamosus MHNT
''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milkvetch (most species), locoweed (in North America, some species) and goat's-thorn ( ''A. gummifer'', ''A. tragacantha''). Some pale-flowered vetches (''Vicia'' spp.) are similar in appearance, but they are more vine-like than ''Astragalus''. Description Most species in the genus have pinnately compound leaves. There are annual and perennial species. The flowers are formed in clusters in a raceme, each flower typical of the legume family, with three types of petals: banner, wings, and keel. The calyx is tubular or bell-shaped. Ecology ''Astragalus'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including many case-bearing moths of the genus ''Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locoweed
Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, a phytotoxin harmful to livestock. Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most of them in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: ''Oxytropis'' and ''Astragalus'' in North America, and ''Swainsona'' in Australia. The term locoweed usually refers only to the North American species of ''Oxytropis'' and ''Astragalus'', but this article includes the other species as well. Some references may list ''Datura stramonium'' as locoweed. Locoweed is relatively palatable to livestock, and some individual animals will seek it out. Livestock poisoned by chronic ingestion of large amounts of swainsonine develop a medical condition known as ''locoism'' (swainsonine disease, swainsonine toxicosis in North America) and ''pea struck'' in Australia. Locoism is reported most often in cattle, sheep, and horses, but has also been reported in elk and deer. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Lentiginosus
''Astragalus lentiginosus'' is a species of legume native to western North America where it grows in a range of habitats. Common names include spotted locoweed page 752 and freckled milkvetch. There are a great number of wild varieties. The flower and the fruit of an individual plant are generally needed to identify the specific variety. Distribution As a species, ''Astragalus lentiginosus'' is distributed throughout the Great Basin of North America, west from the Rocky Mountains to the California Coast Ranges, south to Mexico, and north to British Columbia. Varieties are largely limited to marginal habitats such as disturbed sites in the arid regions of the continent. The group also contains a number of edaphic specialists which occur at desert seeps, which frequently exhibit high levels of calcium carbonate. Description ''Astragalus lentiginosus'' is a perennial or occasionally annual herb with leaves up to long divided into many pairs of small leaflets. The plant is pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Tragacantha .
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ILDIS World Database of Legumes''Astragalus tragacantha'', commonly known as astragale de Marseille or coussin-de-belle-mère, is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ... The plant is about 10 to 25 cm in height with white, purple tinged flowers that bloom in April and March. Tragacantha grows in sandy soil around beaches and is native to France, Spain, and the Mediterranean.
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Astragalus Glycyphyllos
''Astragalus glycyphyllos'' (liquorice milkvetch, wild liquorice, wild licorice) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Europe. It is a perennial herbaceous plant which is sometimes used for tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north .... External linksPlants For A Future: ''Astragalus glycyphyllos'' glycyphyllos Flora of Europe [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published: ....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill. Vicia L.; ... When the Papilionaceae are regarded as a family distinct from the remainder of the Leguminosae, the name Papilionaceae is conserved against Leguminosae." English pronunciations are as follows: , and . commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and agriculturally important of |
Astragalus Gummifer
''Astragalus gummifer'' (tragacanth, gum tragacanth milkvetch), is a small woody evergreen shrub, with a typical height and spread of 30 cm at maturity, indigenous to western Asia, specifically Iraq and Turkey. This nitrogen fixing plant bears hermaphroditic flowers, which are bee-pollinated. It has many medical, culinary, and material uses.“Astralagus gummifer” Practical Plants http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Astragalus_gummifer Tragacanth gum ''Astragalus gummifer'' produces special exudate gums that act as a natural defense mechanism for the shrub. Research has shown the function of these gums to service plants of semiarid environments, released when the bark of the shrub gets damaged in order to cover the wound to prevent infection and dehydration. The gum originally an aqueous solution dries into hardened lumps when it comes into contact with air and sunlight.Verbeken, Dirk. "Exudate Gums: occurrence, production, and applications" Applied Microbiology and Biotechnol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Onobrychis
''Astragalus onobrychis'' is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae. It is the type species of the genus ''Astragalus'', the largest genus of flowering plants by number of known species. References * * onobrychis __NOTOC__ ''Onobrychis'', the sainfoins, are a genus of Eurasian perennial herbaceous plants of the legume family (Fabaceae). Including doubtfully distinct species and provisionally accepted taxa, about 150 species are presently known. The Flora ... Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Astragalus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Largest Genera Of Flowering Plants
There are over 56 genera of flowering plants estimated to contain at least 500 described species. The largest of these is currently the legume genus ''Astragalus'' (milk-vetches), with over 3,000 species. The sizes of plant genera vary widely from those containing a single species to genera containing thousands of species, and this disparity became clear early in the history of plant classification. The largest genus in Carl Linnaeus' seminal ''Species Plantarum'' was ''Euphorbia'', with 56 species; Linnaeus believed that no genus should contain more than 100 species. Part of the disparity in genus sizes is attributable to historical factors. According to a hypothesis published by Max Walters in 1961, the size of plant genera is related to the age, not of the taxon itself, but of the concept of the taxon in the minds of taxonomists. Plants which grew in Europe, where most of the early taxonomy was based, were therefore divided into relatively small genera, while those from the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleophora Colutella
''Coleophora colutella'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in all of Europe, except Great Britain and Ireland. It is an introduced species in North America. The wingspan is . The larvae feed on ''Anthyllis'', ''Astragalus danicus'', ''Astragalus glycyphyllos'', '' Colutea arborescens'', '' Coronilla emerus'', ''Coronilla emerus emeroides'', '' Coronilla vaginalis'', ''Coronilla varia'', ''Cytisus'', ''Genista'', ''Hippocrepis comosa'', ''Laburnum'', ''Lotus corniculatus'', ''Lotus uliginosus'', ''Oxytropis'', ''Tetragonolobus maritimus'' and ''Vicia ''Vicia'' is a genus of over 240 species of flowering plants that are part of the legume family (Fabaceae), and which are commonly known as vetches. Member species are native to Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. Some other ...'' species. They create a lobe case. The anterior part has widely expanding leaf fragments. The rear and oldest part does not have these leaf fragments and is very str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleophora Astragalella
''Coleophora astragalella'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found south of the line running from France to Ukraine, but it has not been recorded from the Balkan Peninsula. It is also known from central Asia. Adults are on wing in June and July. The larvae feed on ''Astragalus glycyphyllos'', ''Astragalus onobrychis'' and ''Astragalus sempervirens ''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to tempe ...''. They create an ochreous pistol case of 10–12 mm long, with a pallium that descends up to about half the length of the case. Larvae can be found from autumn to the following May. References astragalella Moths of Europe Moths of Asia {{Coleophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
