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International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies (IJPSAT) ISSN: 2509-0119. © 2018 International Journals of Sciences and High Technologies http://ijpsat.ijsht-journals.org Vol. 11 No. 2 November 2018, pp.86-93 Investigation of Backgrounds of Product, Supply and Use of Astragalus Genus Case Study: Fars Province, Iran Reza E. Owfi 1 and Hossein Barani 2 1 PhD candidate, Faculty of Rangeland and Watershed Management, Department of Rangeland Management, Gorgan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Gorgan, Iran. 2 Associate professor, Faculty of Rangeland and Watershed Management, Department of Rangeland Management, Gorgan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Gorgan, Iran. Abstract - Astragalus genus from Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) family includes one of the highest numbers of species in Iran, and on the other hand, most parts of Iran have arid and semi-arid climate and Astragalus type is dominantly seen in many of these regions. Therefore, the use of derived products can be economically remarkable for people, especially indigenous people. Fars province is one of the most prominent provinces of Iran, which has a dominantly arid and semi-arid climate and is habitat of Astragalus genus, while the province also has the highest production of medicinal plants in the country. Considering these cases, the fields of production, supply and use of products of Astragalus genus was studied in Fars province. Finally, the results were discussed and a number of suggestions presented for further action. Keywords - products of Astragalus genus, Fars province. I. INTRODUCTION perennial, herbaceous or bush or shrub, single leaf or multi- leaves with either even or odd pair, flowers are either spikes, Iran is one of the most important Astragalus genus cylindrical or stacked casings with round or cylindrical habitats in the world. According to its area and comparison grains, and also highly variable fruits [1,2 and 3]. with large countries such as Russia (which has 850 Astragalus genus) and the United States (which has 350 Due to this morphological variation observed in the Astragalus genus), Iran has more than 900 Astragalus genus Astragalus genus, however, the species of Iran are divided [1]. into 8 sub-genus, which are also divided into 83 parts [1]. So far, a lot of researches on this genus has been carried With an area of 133,000 square kilometers, 1.8 percent out in the country, but the most comprehensive research on of Iran's territory is covered by Fars province which is one this subject has been done by Maassoumi, which has been of the largest provinces in Iran and is located in the southern published as “The genus Astragalus in Iran” in four volumes part of the country [4]. The presence of different climates in by the Forests and Rangelands Research Institute [1]. this province has caused diversity of vegetation. The weather has three climatic zones: mountains with snow and Due to the fact that it has many species, Astragalus rain in the north and northwest of the province with rainfall genus has different characteristics in terms of botany, in of more than 400 mm per year. The central regions are general terms it can be stated that the plants are annual or moderate with a warm and dry summer with annual rainfall Corresponding Author: Reza E. Owfi 86 Investigation of Backgrounds of Product, Supply and Use of Astragalus Genus; Case Study: Fars Province, Iran of 200 to 400 mm, as well as southern and southeast, with 8600000 hectares consists of steppe, semi steppe, semi- moderate winter and very hot summers with annual rainfall desert, high mountains, dry forests and saline rangelands. of 100 to 200 mm [4, 5, 6 and 7]. The total area of the There are about 10 million livestock in this province [6, 7]. forests and rangelands is about 9803273 hectares; of which Figure 1 shows the location of Fars province in Iran. Figure 1. The location of Fars province in Iran II. METHODOLOGY - ment and advancement were presented. The following steps were taken to carry out this paper: III. RESULTS - Data Collection: All the necessary information and In Fars province, 87 Astragalus genus have been data were collected from various resources. These identified so far that only 9 of them are annual, whose resources include Iranian and foreign books, flowering time is from late March to early April, and the rest research conducted by the Forests and Rangelands are perennial. However, many of these species belong to a Research Institute, research from valid medicinal particular region in the province and only a few of them plants shops as well as Internet resources. have a large distribution in the province. On the other hand, these are observed at various altitudes from the sea level [1]. - Extracting the key data: With regard of collected Table 1 shows annual Astragalus species and table 2 shows data, vital data were extracted. perennial Astragalus species in Fars Province, along with - Discussion and conclusion and suggestions: the distribution area and the average height of the site from Finally, the results are discussed and, given the sea level also habitat form [1,8 and 9]. purpose of this study, suggestions for improve Vol. 11 No. 2 November 2018 ISSN: 2509-0119 87 Investigation of Backgrounds of Product, Supply and Use of Astragalus Genus; Case Study: Fars Province, Iran Table 1- Annual Astragalus species in Fars province Habitat No. genus Distribution area and average height of the site from sea level (m) form 1 1 As. hamosus Firooz Abad 1500 - Barm Shour 750 - Bajgah 170 Herbal 2 2 As. eremophyllus Shiraz 1300 Herbal 3 3 As. bakaliensis Near Fasa 1380 - Khezr 1300 Herbal 4 4 As. rytilobus Maharlou 1600 Herbal 5 5 As. cruciatus Maharloo 1600 Herbal 6 6 As. corrugatus Shiraz road to Fasa 1450 Herbal 7 7 As. kerkukiensis Bamoo mountain 1800 to 2650 Herbal 8 8 As. maharluensis Maharloo 1700 Herbal 9 9 As. campylorrhynchus Khonj 700 to 1200 Herbal Table 2- Perennial Astragalus species in Fars province Distribution area and average height of the site from sea level Habitat No. genus (m) form 1 As. pulchellus Eghlid 2470 - Dehbid 2070 Herbal 2 As. plagiophacos Dena Highlands Herbal Doshman Ziari 1900 to 2500 - Firooz Abad, Kalleh Ghandi Herbal 3 As. doshman-ziariensis mountain1800 Shiraz road to Firooz Abad 1000 to 2000 – Bamoo mountain 1650 Herbal 4 As. ledinghamii to 1900-Sa’adat Shahr 1965 - Roniz 1550 to 1850 5 As. anserinifolius Abadeh 1900 - Lar, Hoormood mountain 800 to 1100 Herbal 6 As. babakhanloui Doshman Ziari 2000 Herbal 7 As. griseus Eghlid 2470 Herbal 8 As. plebeius North of Shiraz 1750 Herbal 9 As. spachianus Fasa, Kharman Koub 2900 Herbal 10 As. tenuiscapus Khabar mountain 3500 Herbal 11 As. eusarathron Kooshke Bidak 2070 - Imamzadeh Sabz-Poushan 1650 Herbal 12 As. gagnieuae Eghlid Herbal 13 As. gaubae Lar, Hormood mountain 700 Herbal 14 As. ibicinus Tange Fali Herbal 15 As. indistinctus Roniz 1850 Herbal Kotal Dokhtar 2150 - Bamoo mountain 1980 to 2650 - Eglid, Bull Herbal 16 As. johannis mountain 2750 - Kotal Pirzan 2100 to 2250 17 As. managetha Doshman Ziari 1800 - Kotal Pirzan 2120 Herbal 18 As. neo-podlechii Fasa, Kharman Koub 2900 Herbal 19 As. nurabadensis Doshman Ziari 1850 Herbal 20 As. ovinus Kotal Pirzan 2250 - Doshman Ziari 1900 to 2500 Herbal 21 As. pseudopellitus Shiraz Herbal 22 As. sojakii Neyriz, Sar Sefid mountain 2700 to 3000 Herbal 23 As. daenensis Dena mountain, Bijan defile 3000 to 3600 Herbal 24 As. zerdanus Dena mountain, Bijan defile 2500 Herbal 25 As. siliquosus Dasht Arzhan 1850 - Fasa, Kharman Koub 2900 Herbal 26 As. ischredensis Estahban Herbal 27 As. dactylocarpus Deh Bid 2160 – Bamoo mountain 1700 Herbal Vol. 11 No. 2 November 2018 ISSN: 2509-0119 88 Investigation of Backgrounds of Product, Supply and Use of Astragalus Genus; Case Study: Fars Province, Iran 28 As. anacardius Lar 700 Herbal 29 As. callistachys Abadeh, Eywoon defile 2300 Bushy Tange Abolhayat 1500 - Doshman Ziari 1850 –Chenar Shahijan Bushy tree 30 As. baba-alliar 1300 Doshman Ziari 1900 to 2500 - Dasht Arzhan 50 - Kotal Pirzan Bushy 31 As. chalaranthus 2100 to 2250 32 As. campylanthus Bamoo mountain 1900 Bushy Doshman Ziari 1850 - Kotal Pirzan 2300 to 2450- Fahlian 1800- Bushy 33 As. cephalanthus Bamoo mountain 1650 to 1900 34 As. chartostegius Dena mountain, Bijan defile 3000 to 3600 Bushy Khafr 3000 – Sisakht 2820 to 3280- Dena mountain, Bijan defile Bushy 35 As. murinus 3000 to 3600 36 As. fasciculifolius Dena mountain 1800 Bushy tree 37 As. ghashghaicus Abadeh, Darreh Gol 2550 to 3000 Bushy 38 As. fragiferus Eghlid 2900 to 3200 - Dena mountain, Bijan defile 3000 to 3600 Bushy Ghir 800 – Maharloo 1500 – Neyriz 1550- Shiraz 1720 – South of Bushy tree 39 As. arbusculinus Dehbid 1790 40 As. coluteopsis Mousa Khan mountain Bushy 41 As. microphysa Sepidan 2800 Bushy 42 As.pseudofragiferus Jahrom 1320 Bushy Doshman Ziari 1950- Sisakht 2400- Bamoo mountain 1900- Fasa, Bushy 43 As. ptychophyllus Kharman Koub 2900 Fasa, Kharman Koub 2900 – Meymand, Sefid mountain 1750 to Bushy 44 As. remotiflorus 2300 45 As. susianus Estahban 1750 - Shiraz road to Sepidan 2130 Bushy 46 As. ajubensis Eghlid 2700 to 3600 Herbal Lar, Hoormood mountain 800 to 1100 - Estahban 1800 to 2000 - Herbal 47 As. meridionalis Fasa, Kharman Koub 1800 - Bamoo mountain 1800 - Meymand 1750 to 2850 - Roniz 1550 to 1850 48 As. albispinus Abadeh 2150 – Aspas 2250- Dasht Arzhan 1850 Bushy tree 49 As. andalanicus Eghlid, Timargoon defile 2750 Bushy Bamoo mountain 1750 to 2000 - Sepidan 2500 - Sarvestan road to Bushy 50 As. rhodosemius Fasa 1700 – Doshman Ziari 2400 – Khanezenyan 2050 Sepidan 2500 - Dasht Arzhan 2250 to 3000 Bushy 51 As. echidnaeformis Shiraz road to Sepidan 2130 - Dasht Arzhan 2100 - Abadeh 2430 Bushy tree 52 As.
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