The bold-italic parts are diagnostic descriptions, generated with the aid of Intkey (Dallwitz et al. 1993). They distinguish each taxon in at least two respects from every other taxon. Authors have chosen additional characters to appear in bold-italic, on the basis of their diagnostic value.
• Astragalus L. • Astragalus alpinus L. • Astragalus australis (L.) Lam. • Astragalus eucosmus B.L. Rob. • Astragalus richardsonii Sheldon
• Hedysarum L. • Hedysarum alpinum L. var. alpinum • Hedysarum boreale Nutt. subsp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh
• Lupinus arcticus S. Wats. subsp. arcticus
• Oxytropis DC • Oxytropis arctica R.Br. var. arctica • Oxytropis arctobia Bunge • Oxytropis borealis DC. var. borealis • Oxytropis bellii (Britt.) Palib. • Oxytropis borealis DC. var. hudsonica (E. Greene) S.L. Welsh • Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. var. minor (Hook.) S.L. Welsh • Oxytropis campestris var. terrae-novae (Fern.) Barneby • Oxytropis campestris var. varians (Rydb.) Barneby • Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. deflexa • Oxytropis foliolosa Hook. • Oxytropis glutinosa Porsild • Oxytropis hudsonica (Greene) Fern. • Oxytropis hyperborea Porsild • Oxytropis maydelliana Trautv. • Oxytropis nigrescens (Pall.) Fisch. ex DC. var. uniflora (Hook.) Barneby • Oxytropis podocarpa A. Gray • Oxytropis terrae-novae Fern. • Oxytropis viscida Nutt. var. hudsonica (Greene) Barneby
Cite this publication as: J.M. Gillett, L.L. Consaul, S.G. Aiken, and M.J. Dallwitz. 1999. ‘Fabaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.’ Version: 15th November 2000. http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/. Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) should also be cited (see References).
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