; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 755 (1753)
						
Distribution: Old World (2400 spp.), esp. Iran (over 1000), Russia/Siberia (over 600), China (400), Turkey (450), Afghanistan (330), Kazakhstan (300), Tajikistan (234), Uzbekistan (223), Turkmenistan (132), Kyrgyzstan (161)), Mediterranean (> 150), secondary centers in North America (ca. 400), South American Andes (ca. 50-100), only few in montane tropical Africa. Old World revision see Podlech & Zarre (2013), New World Revision see Barneby (1974) and Welsh (FNA vol. 11/2, 2023) for North America. Astragalus remains the largest genus of plants without apomictic microspecies.
						
								
								= Acanthophaca    Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 258 (1937)
= Ailuroschia    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 151 (1856)
= Alopecias    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 266 (1832)
= Ammodytes    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 263 (1832)
= Anaphragma    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 265 (1832)
= Ankylobus    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 148 (1856)
= Aragallus    Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 3: 12 (1790)
= Aragus    Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 118 (1841)
= Astenolobium    Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 256 (1937)
= Astracantha    Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 19: 4 (1983)
= Astragalina    Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 516 (1900)
= Astragaloides    Boehm.; Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3: 255 (1750)
= Atelophragma    Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 660 (1905)
= Aulosema    Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1: 694 (1842)
= Barnebyella    Podlech; Sendtnera 2: 164 (1994)
= Batidophaca    Rydb.; N. Amer. Fl. 24: 314 (1929)
= Brachyphragma    Rydb.; Amer. J. Bot. 16: 204 (1929)
= Caryolobium    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 266 (1832)
= Centrophyta    Rchb.; Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 148 (1841)
= Chondrocarpus    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 268 (1832)
= Cnemidophacos    Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 663 (1905)
= Contortuplicata    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 378 (1787)
= Craccina    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 266 (1832)
= Cryptorrhynchus    Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 254 (1937)
= Ctenophyllum    Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 663 (1905)
= Cymbicarpos    Steven; Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 266 (1832)
= Cystium    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 268 (1832)
= Cystopora    Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 428: (1916)
= Didymopelta    Regel & Schmalh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 669 (1877)
= Diholcos    Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 664 (1905)
= Dipelta    Regel & Schmalh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 578 (1877), non Maxim. (1878)
= Diplotheca    Hochst.; Flora 29: 595 (1846)
= Euilus    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 149 (1856)
= Euprepia    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 268 (1832)
= Feidanthus    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 148 (1856)
= Geoprumnon    Rydb.; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 615 (1903)
= Glandula    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 374 (1787)
= Glaux    Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 292 (1756)
= Glottis    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 377 (1787)
= Glycyphylla    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 266 (1832)
= Gynophoraria    Rydb.; N. Amer. Fl. 24: 280 (1929)
= Halicacabus    (Bunge) Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 216 (1937)
= Hamaria    Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 364 (1868)
= Hamosa    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 376 (1787)
= Hedyphylla    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 142 (1856)
= Hesperastragalus    A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 2: 86 (1905)
= Hesperonix    Rydb.; N. Amer. Fl. 24: 438 (1929)
= Holcophacos    Rydb.; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 618 (1903)
= Homalobus    Nutt.; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 353 (1840)
= Hypoglottis    Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 364 (1868)
= Jonesiella    Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 661 (1905)
= Kentrophyta    Nutt.; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 353 (1840)
= Kiapasia    Woronow ex Grossh.; Izv. Azerbaidzhansk. Fil. 1-2, 115 (1939)
= Kirchnera    Opiz; Lotos 8: 65 (1858)
= Lithoon    Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 255 (1937)
= Lonchophaca    Rydb.; N. Amer. Fl. 24: 312 (1929)
= Macrosema    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 266 (1832)
= Medyphylla    Opiz; Lotos 8: 65 (1858)
= Microphacos    Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 663 (1905)
= Myctirophora    Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 254 (1937)
= Myobroma    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 268 (1832)
= Neodielsia    Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36(Beibl. 82): 68 (1905)
= Oedicephalus    Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 255 (1937)
= Onix    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 378 (1787)
= Ophiocarpus    (Bunge) Ikonn.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 14: 232 (1977)
= Orophaca    Britton; Ill. Fl. N. U.S. [Britton & Brown] 2: 306 (1897)
= Oxyglottis    (Bunge) Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 259 (1937)
= Pedina    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 144 (1856)
= Pelecinus    Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
= Phaca    L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 755 (1753)
= Phacomene    Rydb.; Amer. J. Bot. 16: 204 (1929)
= Phacopsis    Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 661 (1905)
= Philammos    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 268 (1832)
= Physondra    Raf.; Atlantic J. 145 (1832)
= Picraena    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 263 (1832)
= Pisophaca    Rydb.; Amer. J. Bot. 16: 200 (1929)
= Podochrea    Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 364 (1868)
= Poecilocarpus    Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 258 (1937)
= Proselias    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 268 (1832)
= Psychridium    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 263 (1832)
= Pterophacos    Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 507 (1917)
= Rydbergiella    Fedde & Syd. ex Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 500 (1917)
= Rysodium    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 263 (1832)
= Saccocalyx    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 269 (1832)
= Sewerzowia    Regel & Schmalh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 580 (1877)
= Solenotus    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 266 (1832)
= Spiesia    Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 3: 13 (1790)
= Stella    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 377 (1787)
= Tium    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 373 (1787)
= Tragacantha    Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
= Triquetra    Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 376 (1787)
= Xerophysa    Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 150 (1856)
= Xylophacos    Rydb.; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 619 (1903)