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Astracantha gossypina (Fisch.)Podlech

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Astracantha Podlech

Astracantha gossypina (Fisch.)Podlech [Preferred name]
    Astracantha xanthogossypina (Hand.-Mazz.)Podlech {Doubtful synonym}
    Astragalus filagineus Boiss. {Synonym}
    Astragalus gossypinoides Hand.-Mazz. {Synonym}
    Astragalus gossypinoides var. sindscharensis Sirj. {Synonym}
    Astragalus gossypinus Fisch. {Synonym}
    Astragalus xanthogossypinus Hand.-Mazz. {Doubtful synonym}

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1862, 1867]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1862] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [1862] ; Habit: Herb [1862], Shrub [1862] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1862] ; Source(s): 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K

  
NOTES:
  Note on Chick 1046(K):produces the best gum in Fars (Iran). [2526]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1862.

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

1867.

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

2526.

  Lock, J.M., 1990
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
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