Crotalaria bredoi R.Wilczek

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 183 (1953)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to N. Zambia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect branching annual 4–9 cm tall, spreading pilose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, uppermost sometimes 1-foliolate; leaflets 6–18 × 1–4 mm, oblanceolate, pilose on both surfaces; petiole 3–10 mm long; stipules 0.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 5–30 cm long, many-flowered, subdense to lax below, rarely with a few other flowers in the axils below; bracts 2–4 mm long, linear, a little shorter than the mature pedicel; bracteoles on the pedicel, setaceous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–4 mm long, finely pubescent with irregularly arranged hairs; lobes acuminately triangular, 1–1.5 times as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic to oblong-obovate, yellow, ± finely lined brown, pubescent outside; wings shorter than the keel; keel 7–8 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak slightly incurved at the tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod sessile, 4–4.5 × 3–3.5 mm, ovoid-globose, pubescent, 2-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth, with a pronounced aril.
[FZ]

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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