Astragalus magdalenae var. magdalenae Greene var. magdalenae
Creators: name: Castillón, Eduardo Estrada
name: Quintanilla, José Ángel Villarreal
name: Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso
name: Rebman, Jon P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Astragalus
Astragalus magdalenae
Astragalus magdalenae greene var. magdalenae

description: 55.1. Astragalus magdalenae Greene var. magdalenae   
 Type:— MEXICO, Baja California Sur, Bahia Magdalena, 11 Febraury 1839, G. H. Barclay 3135 (holotype (based on Phaca candidissima): BM001042734 digital image!).   
 Astragalus magdalenae Greene, Pittonia 1(4): 162. 1888.   
 Astragalus candidissimus (Benth.) S. Watson, Bibl. Index 191. 1878; Phaca candidissima Benth., Both. Sulphur. 13: 1844.   
 Tragacantha californica Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 940. 1891; Astragalus crotalariae var. californica (Greene) M. E. Jones, Contrib. W. Bot. 10: 50. 1902.   
Stems ashy, diffuse, sometimes suberect; leaflets 15–23; petals purple, reddish-violet, lavender, lavender-white, purplewhite, pale-purple, rose-purple, purplish; purplish-red, fading blue, wings white tiped; wings white in distal half; purple fading blue, the wings white tipped; wings petal white on upper half, pale violet on most of lower part, banner white in proximal central area, veins violet; banner 9.4–11 mm long; pod 1.5–2.6 × 1–1.3 cm, with a beak 2.5–8 mm long; seeds 1.6–2.5 mm long. Sometimes forming large clumps.  
 Distribution:— Endemic to the Peninsula of Baja California and Sonora. In Baja California, mainly on eastern coast from Molino and Molino Lacy (29°46’N, 114°21’W) south to Bahia de Los Ángeles (28°56’N, 113°27’W), and from there to San Antonio (26°32’N, 111°31’W) (into Baja California Sur. On the western coast from Guerrero Negro (the border area between the two states on the peninusla), Bahia Asunción, Punta Prieta, Punta Abrojos, Laguna San Ignacio to Adolfo López Mateos and Puerto San Carlos (24°47’N, 111°50’W). In Sonora from 31°30’N – 114°09’W, approximately 37 km to the ESE of El Golfo de Santa Clara, absent in Puerto Peñasco, present in Álvaro Obregón, Puerto Lobos, Julio, Campo Julio, El Julio, Puerto Libertad to Desmeboque de los Seris (29°30’N – 112°20’W) (Fig. 16).   
 Habitat:— Coastal dunes; coastal dunes 450 m away from beach; subshruby scrubland; low dunes and sand hummocksat margin of salt flat; sandy plains, dry streams,; sparse desert scrub; mangrove areas; 5– 75 m.   
 Specimens examined:—BAJA CALIFORNIA: 27 January 1977, sandy beach near Alfonsinas, on Bahia San Luis Gonzaga, J. R. Reeder 6699 (MEXU); 6 February1996, 3.3 km north of San Rafael, on the coast of Gulf of California,, sand dunes, M. A. Baker 12175, R. Johnson (BCMEX); 26 January 1988, Ca. 6 mmi NW Guerro Negro on Laguna Guerro Negro, K. Thorne 5862, D. Nelson, J. Chandler (NY); 10 February1962, Coastal sand dunes about 14 miles south of Puerto San Josè, I. L. Wiggins and J. H. Thomas 208 (CAS, US); 25 February1962, sandy hummocks and stabilized dunes at head of inner cove at Bahia de San Francisquito, I. L. Wiggins 16904 (CAS, MEXU, US); 23 February1966, At south end of Bahia de los Angeles, R. Moran 12347 (NY, SD, TEX-LL, US); 12 March 1992, P. Fritsch 1245, L. K. Fritsh, A. Hendersen (MEXU, NY, SD, TEX-LL); 3 January 1988, Lomas El Carrizo, 55 miles due SE of El Rosario, M. A. Franklin 5825 (NY 25 April 2005, Santa rosalillita; Inmediaciones del Poblado, J. L. León de la Cruz 10774 (SD); 8 July 1969, 3,8 millas al sur de El Cardón, en dunas de arena cerca de la playa, D. L. Bostic s.n. (SD); 21 March 1947, Barril, sandy beach, C. F. Harbison 41573 (SD); 12 May 1952, Isla sur de san lorenzo, en arena, R. Moran 4132 (SD); 25 March 1979, 5 km al norte del paralelo 28 en el área de dunas de arena, J. R. Reder 7099, C. G. Reder (SD); 1 April, 1991, semistabilized coastal dunes and low slaine areas, on coast of gulf, 44 mi south of Bahia Los Angeles, on road to San Frnacisquito, S. Boyd 5662 (MEXU). BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: 30 December 2003, Desierto del Vizcaino, along the road from Vizcaino to Bahia Tortugas, near the salt playa, and NW of Laguna La Chayota, J. M. Porter 13866, L. E. Machen (BCMEX); 4 February 1973, 4 miles NE of Abreojos, R. Moran 19718, J. L. Reveal (NY, US); 4-III 1-1985, en el borde E de la Laguna Ojo de Liebre a 17 km al O de Guerrero Negro, D. E. Breedlove 62306 (CAS), TEX-LL); 6 February1973, Malarrimo, R. Moran 19850 (NY, US, SD); 21 February 1962, 14 miles west of salt works at Laguna Guerrero Negro, I. L. Wiggins 16811 (CAS, MEXU, NY); 15-II 1973, 8 miles SE of La Laguna, R. Moran 20143 (NY, US, SD); 11-14-XI1947, Región del Desierto Vizcaíno, a lo largo de la costa desde San Hipólito hasta Asunción, a lo largo de playas antiguas y modernas, H. S. Gentry 7766 (CAS, SD); 2 April 1962, Pulpito Bay, R. Moran 9075 (NY, SD); 3 February1985, Laguna San Ignacio: Parmeter Point on E side of Laguna, R. F. Thorne 58536 (MEXU, NY); 26 March 1974, Rocky Point, eat shore of San Ignacio Lagoon, R. Moran 21178 (MEXU, NY, SD); 24 April 1989, Vizcaino Desert, dunes of clam shells and sand along coast of Bahia de la Asunción, near Rancho San Rafael, 11.5 mi E of Bahia Asunción, S. Boyd 3495, T. Ross, L. Arnseth (MEXU, NY); 23 March 1984, At the edge of Scammons Lagoon, D. E. Breedlove 60855 (CAS, MEXU, NY); 4 February1973, Bahía Asunción 16 miles ESE of Asunción, R. Moran 19745, J. L. Reveal (NY, US, SD); 2 April 1962, South side of Punta El Pulpito, I. L. Wiggins 17431 (CAS, MEXU, NY, SD, US); XII-1972, Southeast end of crescent-shaped sand tombolo connecting Cabo San Lazaro to Isla Magdalena, Bahia Magdalena, A. F. Johnson 26 (NY); 7 April 1973, SE end of sandspit enclosing a lagoon near the abalone canning settlement of Abreojos, A. F. Johnson 204 (NY); 21 March 1974, S end of Bahia Santa Maria on a crescent tombolo connecting Cabo San Lazaro to Isla Magdalena, A. F. Johnson 730 (MEXU, NY); 22 March 1975, Sandy barrier island directly opposite Puerto Lopez Mateos (fish cannery), A. F. Johnson 1212 (MEXU, NY); 2–3 February1985, Laguna San Ignacio: Barrier sand-dunes on W side of Laguna, R. F. Thorne 58513 (NY); 25 June 1988, Vizcaino Desert; 3 miles south of Puente Eugenia, near sea coast, T. S. Elias 10838, D. Arias and O. Dorado (MEXU, NY); 4 January 1994, Guerrero Negro, on the east side of town along the road, D. Atwood 19069, K. Anderson, K. Thorne (NY); 1 January 1985, Laguna San Ignacio: Rocky Point on E side of bay, R. F. Thorne 58498 (MEXU, NY), 30 May 1925, Magdalena Bay, H. L. Mason 1954 (CAS, NY); 5 April 1961, Arroyo 300 m from beach about 8 miles SE of unta Abreojos, SW of San Ignacio, I. L. Wiggins 16249 (CAS, MEXU, TEX-LL); 8 April 1971, Isla Magdalena, extremo sur de la Bahía de Santa María, en dunas de arena, R. M. Beauhcamp 2156 (SD); 21 April 1963, Arroyo en la ladera oeste de la isla Natividad cerca del extremo sur, R. Moran 10787 (SD); 17 September 1974 ¸ dunas al NO de Cabo San Lázaro, Isla Magdalena, R. N. Philbrick s.n. (SD); 20 December 1990, California. 1 km al sur de Las Barrancas, en las dunas de arena superior e inferior, a 50–100 metros del océano, D. B. Zippin 83 (SD); 1 April 2005, Guerrero Negro, dunas de arena en el lado suroeste de la ciudad, cerca de la torre de radio y el Colegio México, en la terminal de la avenida, J. M. Porter 14313, L. Machen, S. DeGroot, J. Anderson (SD); 13 December 2011, Bahia Magdalena. Isla Magdalena, El Mogote Rico, J. L. León de la Cruz 11378 (SD); 31 March 1952, Santa Maria Bay, sand dunes, R. Moran 3541 (SD); 30 March 2015, Isla Natividad: south of Cedros Island and west of Punta Eugenia on the Vizcaino peninsula; along the dirt road and coastal plain on the eastern side of island, J. Rebman 29653, S. Vanderplank, A. Pigniolo, S. Still (SD); 9/ 16 March 1947, Región del desierto de Vizcaino, colinas de arena de la depresión de Vizcaino, suelo arenoso de depresión, sur y oeste de la laguna de Scammon, en el desierto de niebla en dunas lineales activas, H. S. Gentry 7361 (SD); 8 April 1971, Isla Magdalena, extremo sur de la Bahía de Santa María, en dunas de arena, R. M. Beauchamp 2156 (SD); 10 April 1971, Playa en el lado oeste de la isla de Natividad, en arena, R. M. Beauchamp 2186 (SD); 17 April 1987, Punta Abreojos, Mpio. Santa Rosalìa, P. Tenorio L. 12912, C. Romero de T. (MEXU); 10 February1996, Man-o-war Cove, W side of Isla Magdalena, ca. 2 air miles N of Puerto Magdalena, P. F. Zika 12831 (MEXU); 19 April 1987, San Rafael, 19 km al E de Bahia Asunicòn, Mpio. Santa Rosalìa, P. Tenorio L 12937, C. Romero de T. (MEXU); 12 April 1976, W. López F. 2 km al W de Colina Coyote, Isla Magdalena (MEXU); 6 April 1977, Colina Coyote, Isla Magdalena, La Del Selenio, W.L. Forment 345 (MEXU). SONORA: 6 March 1992, W side of La Salina saltworks, 0.7 mi inland from beach at La Borrascosa, NW corner of Bahia Adair, R. S. Felger 92-209, K. Cliffton (CAS, NY); 11 March 1977, Ca. 1 miles northwest of Desemboque del Rio San Ignacio, T. R. Van Devender s.n., M. C. Kearns (NY); 28 February1997, Puerto Lobos on the gulf of California, A. L. Reina 97-262, T. R. Van Devender, S. R. Russell (CAS, MEXU, NY, TEX-LL, USON); 12 February1968, Ca. 1 km south of Desemboque. Vicinity, R. S. Felger 16997, Edmundson (NY); 11 February1963, R. S. Felger 12450, R. Thomas, A. Rusell (CAS); 4 April 2008, Xnapófc, Old Seri camp, 5 km by road N of Desemboque, B. T. Wilder 08-190, B. Marazzi, C. Moser-Marlett (SD, USON); 18 March 2012, Estero los Tanques, Mpio. Canroca, a 74.2 km (línea recta), al SW de Caborca, a 20.3 km (línea recta) al N de Puerto Lobos, J. J. Sánchez E. 2012-153, D. A. Delgado Z. (USON); 15-III-2012, duna costera entre Puerto Libertad y Punta Cirio, a 5.4 km (línea recta) al SE de Puerto Libertad, J. J. Sánchez E. 2012-055, D. A. Delgado Z. (USON).
description: Published as part of Castillón, Eduardo Estrada, Quintanilla, José Ángel Villarreal, Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso & Rebman, Jon P., 2023, The genus Astragalus (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Galegeae) in Mexico, pp. 1921-1935 in Phytotaxa 586 (1) on pages 1921-1935, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.586.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7703999