Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Astragalus quisqualis Bunge.

Astragalus quisqualis Bunge

HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Astragalus L.

Astragalus quisqualis Bunge [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Astragal Somnitelnyi [4187]; Astragal Strannyi [4187]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Asia: Iran (N) [1867]; Tadzhikistan (N) Dushanbe [3565]; Gorno-Badakshan [3565]; Kulyab [3565]; Kurgan-Tyube [3565]; Leninabad [3565]; Uzbekistan (N) Kashkadarinskaya [4699]; Samarkand [4699]; Surhandarinskaya [4699]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [1864, 1867, 2207, 3565, 4187, 4699] ; Illustration [1864, 1865, 4187]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing [4187] ; Conservation Status: Insufficiently known ; Habit: Herb [4187] ; Lifespan: Perennial [4187] ; Section: Astragalus sect. Mesocarpon ; Source(s): 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Adams BR, 2005 (CIS) Roskov Yu, SytinA, YakovlevG (SJ2005)

USES:
	Forage [2207]; Medicine [2207]

NOTES:
  Agerer-Kirchhoff(1976) places it in Mesocarpon. [1867]
  Endemic to Pamir-Alai [4186]


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1864.		Gontcharov, N.F., 1946
		Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol.12 Leguminosae: Astragalus

1865.		Ovczinnikov, L.N. & Kinzikaeva, 1981
		Flora Tadjikskoe SSR, Vol.6. Leningrad

1867.		Parsa, A., 1948
		Flore de l'Iran. Vol.2. Teheran: Imprimerie Mazaheri.

2207.		Sokolov, P.D., 1987
		Rastitelnye resursy SSR.(Vol 4).Leningrad(Rus.)

3565.		Gontscharov, N.F., Ed., 1937
		Flora Tadzhikistanica,1st ed. Vol.5. Mosqua,Leningrad. (Rus)

4186.		Gontscharov, N. & Borissova, A., 1946
		In:Flora URSS, Vol.12. Mosqua, Leningrad. (Rus)

4187.		Gontscharov, N.F., 1946
		In:Flora URSS, Vol.12. Mosqua, Leningrad. (Rus)

4699.		Vvedenski, A.I., 1955
		In:Flora Uzbekistanica, Vol.3. Taschkent. (Rus)