Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria barkae Schweinf.

First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 226 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berhaut, J. (1976). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 5: 1-658. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • 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: 390.
  • in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4, app. 2: 228 (1896)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berhaut, J. (1976). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 5: 1-658. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 42: 390 (1914).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 550 (1958).
  • Polhill in Kew Bulletin 25: 276 (1971).
  • Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4, App. 2: 226 (1896).

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?
Jan 1, 1971 Gilbert, V.C. [16] Kenya K000058307 Yes
Dec 1, 1969 Saclenx [2406] Kenya K000058329 No
Nov 1, 1969 Verdcourt, B. [1926] Kenya K000058330 Yes
Nov 1, 1969 Tweedie [1222] Kenya K000058331 Yes
Nov 1, 1964 Rogers, F.A. [13302] Zimbabwe K000227446 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1964 Dinter [473] Namibia K000227312 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1962 Bogdan, A. [5426] Kenya K000058327 Yes
Jun 1, 1962 Bogdan, A. [5326] Kenya K000058326 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2705] Botswana K001600950 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [5007] Kenya K000058322 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [1205] Kenya K000058336 Yes
Kuchar, P.; Msafiri, F. [5915] Kenya K000058328 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [19674] Kenya K000058311 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [11206] Kenya K000058335 Yes
Napper, D. [1724] Kenya K000058314 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Kanuri, K.; Mungai, G. [5725] Kenya K000058321 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [257] Kenya K000058306 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [19548] Kenya K000058317 Yes
Soest, L.U. [16062] Kenya K000058318 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [601] Kenya K000058320 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1903] Kenya K000058323 Yes

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