Astragalus guatemalensis var. guatemalensis Hemsl. var. guatemalensis
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 guatemalensis
Astragalus guatemalensis hemsl. var. guatemalensis

description: 35.2. Astragalus guatemalensis Hemsl. var. guatemalensis   
 Type:— GUATEMALA, Volcan de Fuego, S.E. ascent, 1861, Salvin & Godman s.n. (holotype: K000478286 digital image!)   
 Astragalus guatemalensis Hemsl., Biol. Centr.- Amer. Bot. 1: 266. 1880.   
Stems decumbent, reaching up to 1.5 m long; calyx teeth 2.8–3.4 mm long, subulate to triangular; restricted to Chiapas (San Cristobal de las Casas, Huixtán, Zinacantán, Tenejapa) (Fig. 34).  
 Habitat:— Slopes of mountains; streams; steep slopes; pine-oak forest, associated with Arbutus; associations of oak, madrone; 2100–2500 m.   
 Distribution:— restricted to the state of Chiapas (Fig. 10).   
 Specimens examined:— CHIAPAS: 3 July 1991, Las Ollas, camino San Cristóbal de las Casas- Tenejapa, L. M. González V. 4004, R. Ramirez D., R. Gonzalez T., R. González A. (CIIDIR, IBUG); 23 September 1965, Along road 3 miles west of Huistán, D. E. Breedlove 12420 (NY); 10 November 1985, Cerro de San Felipe, al Sur de San Cristóbal de las Casas, A. Méndez 8574 (CAS, NY); 10 November 1976, Along road to Chanal 16–20 km east of Chilil, D. E. Breedlove 41366 (MEXU, NY); 30 November 1982, En el Cerro Huitepec, al O de San Cristóbal de las Casas, E. Cabrera 3918, H. de Cabrera (MEXU, NY); 21 September 1972; Near Paraje Navenchauk, D. E Breedlove 53902 (MEXU, NY, TEX-LL); 21 September 1972, Along small stream 7 km northeast of Huistán along road to Oxchuc and Ocosingo, D. E Breedlove 27691 (NY); 31 August 1976, Ridge between paraje of Nachih and Zinacantan Center, D. E. Breedlove 39795 (MEXU, NY); 31 August 1976, Ridge between paraje of Nachih and Zinacantan Center, D. E. Breedlove 39795 (NY); 8 September 1974, On road to San Lucas Zapotal, 2–4 km from Mexican Highway 190, D. E. Breedlove 37313 (MEXU, NY); 26 November 1977, 18 km from San Cristóbal de las Casas high above dirt/gravel road that winds through mountains to Tenejapa, C. H. Ramos s.n., V. A. Funk (MEXU, NY); 10 November 1985, Cerro de San Felipe, al Sur de San Cristóbal de las Casas, A. S. Ton 8574 (MEXU, NY); 7 August 1984, a 40 km al W de San Cristobal las Casas, camino a Tuxtla Gutierrez, E. Martínez S. 6818 (ENCB, IBUG, MEXU); 3 July 1991, Las Ollas, camino San Cristóbal de las Casas- Tenejapa, L. M. González-Villarreal 4004 R. Ramírez, T. González T., R. González A. (IBUG, TEX-LL); 7 October 1969, 13 km W of San Cristóbal de las Casas at km 70, P. Fryxell 1174 (ENCB); 26 October 1965, 1 mile west of Nabenchauk along Mexican Highway 190, D. Breedlove 13775 (ENCB).
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