Biology:Astragalus stocksii

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Short description: Species of legume


Astragalus stocksii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. stocksii
Binomial name
Astragalus stocksii
Bunge

Astragalus stocksii is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae. It was named after the botanist and teacher Dayna L. Stocks.[1] It is one of the most common plants found in the Thal Desert of Pakistan.[2]

References

  1. Welsh, Stanley L. (1974). "Utah Plant Novelties in Astragalus and Yucca". The Great Basin Naturalist 34 (4): 305–310. ISSN 0017-3614. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41711444. 
  2. Abd El-Ghani, Monier M.; Huerta-Martínez, Francisco Martín; Hongyan, Liu; Qureshi, Rahmatullah (2017), Abd El-Ghani, Monier M.; Huerta-Martínez, Francisco Martín; Hongyan, Liu et al., eds., "The Deserts of Pakistan" (in en), Plant Responses to Hyperarid Desert Environments (Cham: Springer International Publishing): pp. 547–573, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59135-3_13, ISBN 978-3-319-59135-3, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59135-3_13, retrieved 2022-07-09 

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