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Taxon:  Astragalus cicer L.



Summary
Genus:
Astragalus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Subtribe:
Astragalinae
Nomen number:
5753
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:757. 1753
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Astragalus mucronatus DC.
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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource). URL: http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Astragalus_cicer/
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:1160.
  4. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  6. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
  7. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Astragalus+cicer&quantity=1
  9. Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
  10. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  11. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  12. Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
  13. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  14. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  15. Smythies, B. E. 1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
  16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  17. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.
  18. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
  19. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Common names
English
chickpea milk-vetch –
cicer milk-vetch –
French
astragale pois-chiche –
German
Kichertragant –
Spanish
garbanzo –
garbanzo silvestre –
Swedish
kikvedel –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKabardino-Balkaria 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKarachay-Cherkessia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationNorth Ossetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurgan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationSverdlovsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey e.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly n.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n. & e.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (e.)
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Kurgan, Sverdlovsk]
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Italy (n.), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n. & e.), France
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforagegrazingDuke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Bee plantshoney production Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Environmentalerosion control Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
Environmentalerosion control Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Environmentalerosion control Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Medicinesfolklore Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia


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