Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria recta Steud. ex A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 152 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. in J. Linn. Soc. 42: 352
  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 4: 153, t. 9.
  • —F.T.A. 2: 40

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 152 (1847).
  • Bak. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 42: 352 (1914).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 40 (1871).
  • Engl., HochgebirgsfL Trop. Afr.: 247 (1892).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 188 (1952).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 147 (1962).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 550 (1958).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 416 (1949).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 276 (1948).
  • Taub. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 207 (1895).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 56 (1962).
  • Verdoorn in Bothalia 2: 393 (1928).
  • Verdoorn in Fl. Pl. Afr., t. 1104 (1951).
  • Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 4: 153, t. 9 (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, 1974 Schimper [1894] K000412728 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4516] Zambia K:SPC-09247.000 No
Brunt, M.A. [543] Cameroon K000093024 Yes
Merrett, L. [2856] Zambia K001635110 No
Ujor, E.U. [30440] Cameroon K000087263 Yes
Merrett, L. [2856] Zambia K001635109 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8660] Zambia K001567146 Yes
Lely, H.V. [378] Nigeria K000412868 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brunt, M.A. [581] Cameroon K000093027 Yes
Daramola, B., O. [FHI 41077] Cameroon K000087262 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [675] Cameroon K000093026 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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    • 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
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  • 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

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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 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0