Great Basin Naturalist Volume 38 Number 3 Article 1 9-30-1978 Utah flora: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Stanley L. Welsh Brigham Young University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn Recommended Citation Welsh, Stanley L. (1978) "Utah flora: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 38 : No. 3 , Article 1. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol38/iss3/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Basin Naturalist by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. The Great Basin Naturalist Published at Provo, Utah, by Brigham Young University ISSN 0017-3614 Volume 38 September 30, 1978 No. 3 UTAH FLORA: FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE) Stanley L. Welsh' Abstract.— A revision of the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), is presented for the state of Utah. In- cluded are 244 species and 60 varieties of indigenous and introduced plants. A key to genera and species is pro- vided, along with detailed descriptions, distributional data, and pertinent comments. Proposed new taxa are As- tragalus lentiginosus Dougl. ex Hook, var. wahweapensis Welsh; Astragalus subcinereus A. Gray var. basalticus Welsh; Hedysarum occidentale Greene var. canone Welsh; Oxytropis oreophila A. Gray var. juniperina Welsh; and Trifolium andersonii A. Gray var. friscanum Welsh. New combinations include Astragalus bisulcatus (Hook.) A. Gray var. major (M. E. Jones) Welsh; Astragalus consobrinus (Bameby) Welsh; Astragalus pubentissimus Torr & Gray var. peabodianus (M. E. Jones) Welsh; Lathyrus brachycalyx Rydb. var.