Astragalus pilosior (Fabaceae), a new species from the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua, Mexico

Auteurs-es

  • Richard W. Spellenberg Biology Department, New Mexico State University
  • E. Wynn Anderson Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v13.i1.833

Résumé

Astragalus pilosior Spellenb. & E.W. Anderson is described and illustrated as a new species. It is known to occur in the pine forests of southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, on the western slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental between approximately 1900 m and 2500 m elevation. The new species is placed in the section Strigulosi. It is compared with the recently described A. spellenbergii from southwestern Durango, Mexico.

Références

Barneby, R.C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:1–1188.

Estrada Castillón, M.S. González-Elizondo, & J.Á. Villarreal Quintanilla. 2016. A new species of Astragalus (Fabaceae, Faboideae) from Durango, Mexico. Phytotaxa 288(1):91–95.

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Publié-e

2019-07-23

Comment citer

Spellenberg, R. W., & Anderson, E. W. (2019). Astragalus pilosior (Fabaceae), a new species from the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua, Mexico. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 13(1), 131–140. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v13.i1.833

Numéro

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019): Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Rubrique

SYSTEMATICS