Crotalaria leprieurii Guill. & Perr.

First published in Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 162 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola and Uganda. 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: Sudanian grasslands, Sudanian anthropic landscapes, Sudanian woodland, Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Erect annual, with ascending branches, 2–12 dm. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems conspicuously covered with subappressed or rather spreading hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, up to 32–105 mm. long, 3–10 mm. wide, with the lower ones sometimes elliptic, subglabrous to sparsely pilose above, thinly pilose beneath; petiole up to 3–6(–8) mm. long.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules filiform, up to 3 mm. long, sometimes obscure or absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax, up to 9–16(–40) cm. long, ± 10–18(–50)-flowered; bracts subulate to linear-caudate, 1–4 mm. long; bracteoles inserted at the top of the pedicel, filiform, 0·5–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–5 mm. long, thinly pubescent; lobes triangular-acuminate, ± as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic or obovate-elliptic, pale yellow, veined reddish-brown, glabrous or apically puberulous outside; wings a little shorter than the keel; keel bent at right-angles in the lower third, with a long narrow and straight untwisted beak, (6–)8–12 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod practically sessile, sub cylindrical, up to 8–16 mm. long, 3–4·5 mm. across, pubescent, up to (12–)16–30-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds oblique-cordiform, ± 2 mm. long, smooth, brown.
Habitat
Wooded grassland; 900–1200 m.
Distribution
U1 Sudan and Congo south to Angola and west to Senegal
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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