Astragalus christianus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 755. 1753.

"Habitat in Oriente." RCN: 5576.

Lectotype (Podlech in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 22. 1993): [icon] " Astragalus Orientalis, maximus, incanus, erectus caule ab imo ad summum florido " in Tournefort, Rel. Voy. Levant (Paris ed.) 2: 253, 254. 1717.

Generitype of Astragalus Linnaeus (vide Rydberg in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 658. 1905; Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 176. 1929).

Current name: Astragalus christianus L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Agerer-Kirchhoff (in Boissiera 25: 84. 1976) indicated a Tournefort collection (sheet 3636, P) as lectotype but this choice is ineligible as it is not original material for the name. Burtt (in Karaca Arbor. Mag. 6: 142. 2002) discusses Tournefort’s account of this plant.