Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria anthyllopsis Welw. ex Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 15 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Limpopo. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. in J. Linn. Soc. 42: 263
  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 4: 81.
  • in F.T.A. 2: 15 (1871)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 42: 263 (1914).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 15 (1871).
  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 245 (1953).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 548 (1958).
  • Taub. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 204 (1895).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 29 (1962).
  • Verdoorn in Bothalia 2: 414 (1928).
  • Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 4: 81 (1953).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Polhill, R. M. (1982). A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam 389pp Crotalaria in Africa & Madagasca

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Germain, R. [7155] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003198998 Yes
Becquet, A. [585] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003199002 Yes
Reekmans, M. [4590] Burundi K003199006 Yes
s.coll. [333] Burundi K003199004 Yes
Kassner [2704] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003198996 Yes
Lewalle [4639] Burundi K003199003 Yes
Welwitsch [1943] Angola K000412602 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reekmans, M. [9971] Burundi K003199009 Yes
Robyns, W. [1855] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003198997 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8881] Burundi K003199008 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9010] Burundi K003199007 Yes
Leonard, A. [4395] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003198999 Yes
Lewalle, J. [727] Burundi K003199000 Yes
s.coll. [727] Burundi K003199001 Yes
Liben, L. [1265] Rwanda K003199005 Yes

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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