Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria chrysochlora Baker f. ex Harms

First published in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 244 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Kenya and S. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • 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: 375 (1914).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 188 (1952).
  • Harms in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 244 (1911).
  • Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 4: 267 (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?
Jan 1, 1982 Friis, I.; Vollesen, K. [1263] Sudan K000627292 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Friis, I.; Vollesen, K. [995] Sudan K000627293 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1323] Kenya K000627285 No
Raynal, A. [13229] Cameroon K000627296 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [3246] Kenya K000627287 No
Myers, J.G. [8212] Sudan K000627294 Yes
Tweedie [411] Kenya K000627286 No
Russell, J. [27] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000627307 Yes
Richards, H.M. [6916] Tanzania K000514979 No
Williams, G.R. [235] Kenya K000627284 No
Purseglove, J.W. [1853] Uganda K000627270 No
Tanei, R.G.S. [5079] Tanzania K000627276 No
Troupin, G. [4111] Rwanda K000627298 No
Haarer, A.E. [2265] Tanzania K000627280 No
Breteler, F.J. [342] Cameroon K000627295 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Bayona, W.; Festo, L.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [4892] Tanzania K000627274 No
De Witte, G.F. [2790] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000627297 Yes
Breyne, H. [5866] Burundi K000627304 No
Wiltshire, F.M. [44] Kenya K000627288 No
Tanei, R.G.S. [5621] Tanzania K000627278 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [1012] Zambia K000627309 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [6226] Kenya K000627290 No
Eggeling, W.J. [605] Uganda K000627272 No
Tanei, R.G.S. [5108] Tanzania K000627277 No
Reake-Williams, G.K. [118] Tanzania K000627281 No
Bidgood, S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.; Whitehouse, C. [3583] Tanzania K000514978 No
Reekmans, M. [9723] Burundi K000627302 No
Raynal, J. [20778] Rwanda K000627300 No
Luke, Q. [2463] Kenya K000627282 No
Napper, D.M. [1010] Tanzania K000514980 No
Bally, J.E. [3612] Kenya K000627283 No
Gillett, J.B.; Kariuki, F. [18853] Kenya K000627291 No
Maitland, T.D. [917] Uganda K000627271 No
Lewalle, J. [4806] Burundi K000627299 No
Wilson, J. [807] Uganda K000627273 No
Reekmans, M. [9985] Burundi K000627306 No
Reekmans, M. [5407] Burundi K000627305 No
Bidgood, S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [4756] Tanzania K000627275 No
Reekmans, M. [9180] Burundi K000627301 No
Reekmans, M. [9778] Burundi K000627303 No
Langdale-Brown, I. [1772] Uganda K000627269 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2601] Zambia K000627308 Yes
Polhill, R.M. [2414] Kenya K000627289 No

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

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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

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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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    • 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/
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