Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria ononoides Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 2: 572 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Walters, G., Dauby, G., Stévart, T., Dessein, S., Niangadouma, R. & Lachenaud, O. (2011). Novitates Gabonenses 80. Additions and corrections to the flora of Gabon. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 423-442.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. in J. Linn. Soc. 42: 307.
  • —F.T.A. 2: 22

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 42: 307 (1914).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 22 (1871).
  • Benth. in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot. 2: 572 (1843).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 185 (1952).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 549 (1958).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 272 (1948).
  • Taub. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 205 (1895).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 49 (1962).
  • Verdoorn in Bothalia 2: 384 (1928).
  • Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 4: 136 (1953).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Du Puy, D. J. et al. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
  • 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, 2004 Onana, J.-M. [1907 a] Cameroon K000746603 Yes
Jul 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [8725] Cameroon K000338551 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Batista Borges, José [81] Angola K001294183 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8897] Zambia K003217513 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11249] Zambia K003217510 Yes
Konomou, G.; Guilavogui, K.; Camara, M. [834] Guinea K001187800 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11308] Zambia K003217511 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [998] Zambia K003217517 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4760] Zambia K003217516 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [12541] Zambia K003217505 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [s.n.] Zambia K003217515 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8940] Zambia K001567143 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4604] Zambia K003217504 Yes
Merrett, L. [2207] Zambia K001614464 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9521] Zambia K003217512 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1524] Zambia K003217519 Yes
Bingham; Cunningham; Timberlake [13763] Zambia K003217507 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9075] Zambia K003217508 Yes
Don, G. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000412851 Unknown Type Material Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [726] Zambia K003217506 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15120] Zambia K003217509 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [19534] Zambia K003217514 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [5270] Zambia K003217518 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Pope, G.V.; Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3031] Zambia K003217520 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15017] Zambia K003217503 Yes

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