Open AccessAstragalus pilosior (Fabaceae), a new species from the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua, Mexico
Author(s) -
Richard Spellenberg,
E. Wynn Anderson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the botanical research institute of texas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2644-1608
pISSN - 1934-5259
DOI - 10.17348/jbrit.v13.i1.833
Subject(s) - astragalus , fabaceae , geography , forestry , biology , botany , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , traditional chinese medicine
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.
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