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Astragalus atropilosulus ssp. burkeanus (Harv.)J.B.Gillett

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Astragalus L.

Astragalus atropilosulus ssp. burkeanus (Harv.)J.B.Gillett [Preferred name]
    Astragalus abyssinicus sensu Cronquist, p.p. {Misapplied}
    Astragalus abyssinicus sensu Edwards & Bogdan {Misapplied}
    Astragalus burkeanus Harv. {Synonym}
    Astragalus venosus sensu Hedb. {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (N) [558]; Kenya (N) [558]; Malawi (N) [558]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Somalia (N) [558]; South Africa (N) [558]; Tanzania (N) [558]; Uganda (N) [558]; Zambia (N) [558]; Zimbabwe (N) [558]
  Middle East
Yemen (N) [558]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [558];
    Zambezian grassland [558];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 558] ; Illustration [210, 220]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

558.

  Gillett, J.B., 1964
    Kew Bull.17:413-23.Astragalus in the highlands of trop.Afr.
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