Crotalaria minutissima Baker f.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 255 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Burundi 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
Small erect annual, 10–35 cm tall, sometimes much branched; stem very slender, sparsely appressed puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sessile, simple; blades mostly 15–35 × (0.8)1–3 mm, linear or linear-oblanceolate, with the margins sometimes partially inrolled, the lower ones apparently always narrow, thinly appressed puberulous beneath; stipules 0.2–0.5 mm long, setaceous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers and fruits similar to C.shirensis, but smaller.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1.5–2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Keel 3–4 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 6–7.5(8) × 1.8–2 mm, thinly puberulous.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

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    • 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