Crotalaria barnabassii Dinter ex Baker f.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 356 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Erect laxly branched annual, mostly 1–2 m tall, with sparsely appressed puberulous and glabrescent branches.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets mostly 3–6 × 0.8–2.8 cm, lanceolate to elliptic, glabrous above, sparsely puberulous or subglabrous beneath; petiole usually a little shorter than leaflets; stipules 1–4 mm long, linear, caducous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax, short and few-flowered at first, but elongating and ultimately 10–35 cm long and many-flowered; bracts 1.5–2.5 mm long, linear; bracteoles small.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 6–8 mm long, sparsely puberulous; lobes attenuate-triangular, longer than tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic-obovate to subcircular, pale yellow, fading orange, glabrous outside; wings 0.7–0.8 times as long as keel; keel 1.1–1.4 cm long, rounded a little below the middle, with a slightly incurved acute beak.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod (2.5)2.8–3.6 cm long, ellipsoid-clavate, abruptly contracted to the 9–13 mm long stipe, puberulous, glabrescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds mostly 4.5–6 mm across, subcircular, thin, markedly rugose towards the margin, brown with darker speckling.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0