The genus Astragalus (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Galegeae) in Mexico
Author
Castillón, Eduardo Estrada
0000-0003-1061-9862
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, A. P. 41, 67700, Linares, Nuevo León, Mexico
aeduardoestradac@prodigy.net.mx
Author
Quintanilla, José Ángel Villarreal
0000-0001-9672-8693
Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Departamento de Botánica, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
javillarreal00@yahoo.com
Author
Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso
0000-0002-9322-9968
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, 21068
adelgado@ib.unam.mx
Author
Rebman, Jon P.
0000-0002-4150-7356
San Diego Natural History Museum, P. O. Box 121390, San Diego, California, 92112
jrebman@sdnhm.org
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Phytotaxa
2023
2023-03-07
586
1
1921
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.586.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.586.1.1
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48.3.
Astragalus insularis
Kellog var
quentinus
M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot.
8: 6. 1898
Type:—
MEXICO
,
Baja California
,
San Quintin
,
12 April 1886
,
Orcutt
1327
(
holotype
:
BM000931689
digital image!:
isotype
:
NY00005805
!)
.
This
variety has
a localized geographical distribution.
Distribution:—
Endemic to
Baja California
, it is distributed from Vicente
Guerrero
and San Quintín (
30°39’N
–
115°32’W
) south to San Carlos, Santa Catarina and Canoas (
29°28’N
–
115°11’W
) (
Fig. 14
).
Habitats:—
Silty soils with rocks; canyons along washes; dunes; slopes near roads; along beds of dry streams; slopes, next to intermittent streams, with
Fouquieria
,
Pachycormus, Machaerocereus, Opuntia, Atriplex
,
Larrea, Trixis, Lophocereus
,
Yucca, Salvia, Solanum
; coastal scrub;
180–
210 m
.
Specimens examined:—
BAJA CALIFORNIA
:
4 April 1998
, Ca 0.6 millas S del camino a Bahía de los
Ángeles
y aprox. 17 millas al este de El Crucero y su cruce con la autopista 1,
J. Rebman 5028
(BCMEX,
SD
);
9 April 1931
, Norte Socoro canyon from sign post to beach,
I. L. Wiggins 5217
(CAS);
29 March 1984
, Ammonite Canyon at its junction with Arroyo Santa Catarina,
5.4 miles
E of Santa
Catarina Landing
on the road to Rancho Santa C,
A. C. Sanders 5555, E. Rodriguez, J. West et al.
(NY);
10 April 1931
, Rosario Wash,
I. L. Wiggins 5244
(CAS, NY);
I-1889
,
San Quentin Bay,
E. Palmer 719
(CAS, NY);
24 February1938
, Norte Camp
2 mi.
S. of Mesquital,
I. L. Wiggins 7767
(CAS);
10 January 1976
, Highway 1
2 km
south of
San Martin
,
D. Johnson 149
(CAS);
22 April 1886
, Plains near San Quentin bay,
C. R. Orcutt 1327
(NY);
23 March 1970
, Arroyo el Cuervito, cerca de la boca,
R. Moran 17088
(
SD
).