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Astracantha gummifera (Labill.)Podlech

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Astracantha Podlech

Astracantha gummifera (Labill.)Podlech [Preferred name]
    Astragalus gummifer Labill. {Synonym}
    Astragalus gummifera Labill. {Orthographic variant}
    Astragalus rayatensis Eig {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gum Tragacanth [1902]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Iraq (N) [1862]
  Middle East
Lebanon (N) [1862]; Syria (N) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1862] ; Illustration [1862]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Adams BR

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1862]

  
NOTES:
  Probably also in Iran (but not recorded by Parsa or later workers). []

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

454.

  Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
    Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

1862.

  Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
    Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

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